Overuse and traumatic extremity injuries in schoolchildren surveyed with weekly text messages

Article from the Scandnavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

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From the Scandnavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports abstract: "The objectives of this prospective cohort study were to report the incidence, prevalence, and duration of traumatic and overuse injuries during a period of 2.5 years and to estimate the odds of injury types. In all, 1259 schoolchildren, aged 6-12, were surveyed each week with an automated mobile phone text message asking questions on the presence of any musculo-skeletal problems and participation in leisure-time sport."

mFHAST Implications: Potential for use of text messaging in health intervention surveys with youth for identification of injury.

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