# EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPORTS INJURIES

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 1990 · $152,073

## Abstract

There is little known concerning the incidence and risk factors for
adolescent injuries. What has been identified so far is that the highest
risk period of sports and recreational injuries is the teenage years where
there is an apparent "epidemic" with one in ten children per year being
seen at a hospital. The proposed research is a prospective study of 1,400
seventh, eighth, and ninth graders in a single defined school district
outside of Pittsburgh. We will collect indepth assessments of activity
levels at baseline and then follow the cohort for 3 years. In addition to
activity levels, potential cofactors including gait, physical fitness and
behavioral factors will be assessed. During the three-year period, 300
injuries sufficiently severe to seek hospital attention are predicted to
occur. The prospective design of the research thus permits us to determine:
1) the incidence of serious teenage injury overall and specifically related
to sports; and 2) the relationship of activity level to risk.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3159632
- **Project number:** 5R01AR039541-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **SAM.gov UEI:** MKAGLD59JRL1
- **Principal Investigator:** ronald edward LaPorte
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1990
- **Award amount:** $152,073
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1989-09-01 → 1993-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3159632

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3159632, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPORTS INJURIES (5R01AR039541-02). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-24 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3159632. Licensed CC0.

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