BACKGROUND: The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in the general population. Previous studies that focused on emergency department populations indicate that such @entity130 occur most frequently among adolescent athletes. PURPOSE: To describe the epidemiological rates and patterns of sports-related @entity3029 in high school athletes. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive epidemiology study. METHODS: Sports-related injury data for the 2005-2006 through 2013-2014 academic years from a national convenience sample of high schools participating in the National High School Sports-Related @entity130 Study (High School Reporting Information Online [RIO]) were analyzed. RESULTS: Certified athletic trainers participating in High School RIO reported 115 of 1246 (9.2%) @entity130 as @entity3029 . A total of 30,415,179 athlete exposures (AEs) were reported during the study period, resulting in a dislocation rate of 0.38 per 100,000 AEs. The majority of the dislocations resulted from @entity1 ' wrestling (46.1%) and football (37.4%). @entity3029 rates were higher in competition than in practice. Also, 91.3% of dislocations occurred in @entity1 ' sports. Among both @entity1 (60.4%) and @entity1 (88.9%), the majority of @entity130 occurred during varsity sports activities. Contact with another @entity1 was the most common injury mechanism (46.9%), followed by contact with the playing surface (46.0%). Dislocations more commonly resulted in removal from play for more than 3 weeks (23.4% vs 6.9%, respectively) or medical disqualification (36.9% vs 7.0%, respectively) compared with other @entity130 . Dislocations were also more likely to result in surgical treatment than other @entity130 (13.6% vs 4.7%, respectively). CONCLUSION: In high school athletes, @entity3029 result in longer removal from play and are more likely to require surgical treatment than nondislocation-associated @entity130 . Rates and patterns of @entity3029 vary by sport. In high-risk sports, focused sport-specific prevention strategies may help to decrease the rates and severity of @entity130 .

Epidemiology of XXXX in High School Athletes.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['girls', 'person', 'boys'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['injuries', 'Injury Surveillance', 'elbow injuries', 'elbow dislocation injuries'] @entity3029 :: ('MESH:D004204', 'Disease') :: ['Elbow dislocation', 'elbow dislocations']
@entity3029 :: (MESH:D004204,Disease) :: ['Elbow Dislocations']
