Trends and Epidemiologic Factors Contributing to Soccer-Related Fractures That Presented to Emergency Departments in the United States:

Background:Understanding the risks and trends of soccer-related injuries may prove beneficial in creating preventative strategies against season-ending injuries.Hypothesis:Soccer-related fractures will have decreased over the past 7 years.Study Design:Descriptive epidemiology study.Level of Evidence:Level 3.Methods:The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database was queried to identify soccer-related injuries from 2010 through 2016. The sum of the weighted values provided in the NEISS database was used to determine injury frequency and allowed us to estimate the incidence and annual trends of soccer-related fractures. The estimated annual number of hospital admissions resulting from each fracture location was calculated. Statistical analyses were performed, and a linear regression was used to analyze the annual injury trends, reported as the correlation coefficient.Results:Over the 6-year period, there were an estimated 1,590,365 soccer-related injuries. The estimated annual frequency ...