KIDS QUIZ
SPORTS TEAMS AND PLAYERS
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0-14 year olds
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15-19 year olds
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20-24 year olds
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25-29 year olds
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Detailed explanation-1: -About 25% of all Major League Baseball pitchers have had the surgery. But it is not only MLB players that go under the knife. Actually, 15-19 years olds make up almost 60 percent of all Tommy John surgeries in the United States. The American Journal of Sports Medicine records data on the surgery.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most commonly injured body sites were the head and face (24.2%), ankle (17.6%), and knee (14.1%). Sprains/strains (36.8%) and concussions (21.6%) were the most common diagnoses. Fractures represented 3.5% of all injuries and were more common in boys’ sports (4.2%) than girls’ sports (2.0%).
Detailed explanation-3: -An athlete exposure was defined as one athlete participating in one practice or competition during which the athlete was exposed to the possibility of athletic injury (1).