Impact of sports participation on incidence of bone traumatic fractures and health-care costs among adolescents: ABCD–Growth Study

• Autor(a) principal: Lynch, Kyle R. [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Anokye, Nana K., Vlachopoulos, Dimitris, Barbieri, Fabio A. [UNESP], Turi-Lynch, Bruna C. [UNESP], Codogno, Jamile S. [UNESP], Agostinete, Ricardo R. [UNESP], Fernandes, Romulo A. [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2019.1685859; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/199818
• topic: Athletic injuries; bone; bone mineral density; economics; pediatrics

Objective: To analyze the risk of bone traumatic fractures according to the engagement in sports, as well as to identify the potential impact of sports participation and traumatic fractures on health-care costs among adolescents. Methods: This is a longitudinal 12-month study of 285 adolescents of both sexes in Brazil. We assessed the occurrence of traumatic fractures and health-care services (hospitalizations, medicine use, medical consultations, and exams) by phone contact every month for 12 months. Adolescents were divided into four groups according to sport characteristics: non-sport (n = 104), non-impact sport (swimming [n = 34]), martial arts (n = 49 [judo, karate, kung-Fu]) and impact sports (n = 98 [track-and-field, basketball, gymnastics, tennis, and baseball]). Results: The incidence of new fractures was 2.1%. The overall costs accounted during the 12-month follow-up were U$ 3,259.66. Swimmers (US$ 13.86) had higher health-care costs than non-sport (US$ 1.82), martial arts (US$ 2.23), and impact sports (US$ 2.32). Conclusion: swimming seems to be related to higher health-care costs among adolescents.