Soccer injuries are sending soaring numbers of U.S. children to emergency rooms, a trend driven in part by young players with concussions seeking urgent medical care, a study has found. Nearly 3 million players ages 7 through 17 received ER treatment for soccer-related injuries in the 2000-2014 study. The overall rate of injuries, which takes into account soccer’s rising popularity, more than doubled, to 220 per 10,000 players in 2013, from 106 per 10,000 players in 1990. The rate jumped to almost 30 per 10,000 people in 2013 from just under 2 per 10,000 players in 1990. Youth Soccer, more than 3 million soccer players younger than 19 were registered in 2014, almost twice as many as in 1990.

Source: Washington Post September 12, 2016 04:07 UTC