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| Aug. 19 Airbosn Men's 70 329 posts | Safety Data Stoneman, You wrote in July that you had access to safety data related to softball and offered to make that information available. I am interested in your data. Please forward to Airbosuun@aol.com Thanks, Len |
| Aug. 19 Mitch Men's 50 68 posts | Safety Data Hey Airbosn, try this link: http://americansportsdata.com/sports_injury1.asp It covers all the injuries in all the sports including softball. When there, click on the "next" at the bottom of the page and it will take you to the next page in the report. Hope this helps. |
| Aug. 20 Airbosn Men's 70 329 posts | Safety Data Mitch, thanks for the link. "Sports injury research is an intensely practical component of the sports participation knowledge base, and the mere existence of a sub-discipline called "sports injury epidemiology" (in this context, roughly the descriptive quantification of injuries deriving from sports participation) suggests a great abundance of vital and compelling data. But nothing could be further from reality: THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MAJOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SURVEY OF SPORTS INJURIES IN THE U.S. ˜ at least not since the 1970's! Given the considerable number and variety of groups that stand to benefit from such a research initiative, this is indeed a curious state of affairs. Governing medical bodies, federal agencies, professional associations, educational institutions, municipalities and a host of other sports venues should be natural evangelists for such an effort. Presumably, sporting goods manufacturers ˜ always fervent in the pursuit of safer products and protective equipment ˜ would also be eager consumers of such information; not to mention the sports medical community, for which injury information is the very lifeblood. Then, of course, there are a multitude of lower-profile users: federal agencies, safety groups, insurers, risk consultants, personal injury lawyers, etc. who are also natural beneficiaries. At the very least, we would expect that arbiters of sports medicine ˜ the de facto medical policemen who oversee research, publish journals, issue safety guidelines and other proclamations to the sports and fitness industries, might ˜ at some point or other ˜ have commisioned a national study on the very subject of their expertise. But not a single professional organization has made this effort!" Sure would be nice for the associations to provide rational for their decisions. If it is so unsafe on the pitching rubber then mandate protective equipment for the pitcher. |
| Aug. 22 STONEMAN Men's 50 535 posts | Safety Data There is a great deal of infor & one can get bits & pieces from many articles.JUST A FEW. AMERICAN SPORTS DATA, INC. a new study that was finished in May 03'. Cost of book $ 595. Injuries: 40 % r women; 19 % r children age 6-17 Only 3.4 million sport injuries require E.R. in the U.S. during 02'. (37% were WOMEN.) The sports that yielded the most injuries were Basketball, Running, & Soccer. AREAS of SOFTBALL INJURIES: Shoulders..17%; ankle..15%; knee..11%; fingers..11%... NOTE: BASEBALL/SOFTBALL injuries strongly suggest that only a small percent of all BASEBALL/SOFTBALL injuries are the result of a thrown or batted ball. CPSC 1991-1998 e.r.injuries age 35-54 has risen by 33%. 1987-1998, people 55 & over HAVE JOINED HEALTH CLUBS, this has sky-rocked by 266%. INJURIES TO PEOPLE OVER 65+ HAS RISEN 54%. VOLLEYBALL has more E.R. injuries than SOFTBALL. 71% OF SOFTBALL INJURIES COME FROM SLIDING. Check out the following: NCAA INJURY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (ISS) ATHLETIC INJURY MONITORING SYSTEM NATIONAL HOSPITAL AMBULATORY MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM U. S. CPSC NATIONAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (NEISS) FAMILYDOCTOR.ORG THE INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTATIVE SPORTS MEDICINE 40 million Americans of all ages play in 23 million games in a year. AMERICAN JOURNAL of SPORTS MEDICINE [1.]Janda DH, Hankin FM, Wojtys EM: Softball injuries:..... [3.]Shesser R, Smith M, Ellis P, Recreational softball injuries. [6.]LoosliAR, Requa RK, Ross W,: Injuries in slow-pitch softball AMERICAN ORTHOPEDIC SOCIETY for SPORTS MEDICINE |
| Aug. 23 Airbosn Men's 70 329 posts | Safety Data Stoneman, Thanks for the links. |
