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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
High school football is fun, but players do get hurt - and a study finds the stage of the game makes a difference.
Christy Collins of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, saw that in data on a nationally representative sample of teams. Her study says 16 percent of injuries happened early, 54 percent around the middle, and 30 percent at the end or in overtime.
The stage of the game also makes a difference in severity:
[Christy Collins speaks] "Injuries sustained during kickoff and punt, or in the beginning and middle of competition, are more severe than injuries sustained during general play or at the end or overtime of competition."
The study was in the journal Research in Sports Medicine. Data collection was supported in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Learn more at hhs.gov.
HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss
Last revised: October, 02 2009