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Risk Factors for Acute and Overuse Injuries in Adolescent Athletes: A Question-Driven Registry

IRB Number: 2021-0487

February 09, 2023

Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery

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Principal Investigator

Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH

Co-Investigators

Yukiko Matsuzaki PT, DPT, OCS, SCS
Daniel W. Green, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS
Kyle Kunze, MD
Ithika Senthilnathan
Amith Umesh
​​​​​​​Patrick Nian
​​​​​​​Pari Palandjian
Isabella Marsh
James Russomano
​​​​​​​Ruth Jones
Shae Simpson

Summary

Athletes will be given Garmin Vivofit 4 wearables and will participate in preseason movement analysis tests. Athletes and coaches will complete short questionnaires periodically. Each subject will be followed up for the duration of their athletic season. 600 subjects will be enrolled in this study over the course of 2 years.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Ages 10-18
  • Plays at least one running or lower extremity cutting and pivoting field or court sport that has been shown in  metanalysis to be the highest risk for lower extremity injury in young athletes.
  • Girls: Basketball, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey
  • Boys: Football, lacrosse, soccer, basketball

Exclusion criteria:

  • Injured at baseline
  • Previous lower extremity surgery
  • Not fluent in English
  • Concomitant concussion
     

Contact Information

Preston W. Gross, BS
grossp@hss.edu
646.714.6626

Yukiko Matsuzaki, PT, DPT
masuzakiy@hss.edu
 212.606.4362

Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH 
fabricantp@hss.edu
212.606.1996