According to the current statistics, approximately 1 million children aged 6-14 participated in 11-payer football, more popular as youth football, in the 2021-2022 school year (3). A trend to earlier participation in specialized sports activities in pediatric patients has been observed. Contact sports such as basketball, football, and soccer comprise a considerable proportion of all played sports and are associated with the highest number of injuries, both acute and chronic in nature(9). Lower extremities are the most common site of injury in pediatric football players, followed by upper extremity. Fractures and sprains/strains are the most common injury patterns (1, 9, 10). With the increasing number of young football athletes, there is a greater need to explore football-associated injuries, which can have a considerable physical, emotional, and psychosocial impact on a young individual. This educational exhibit aims to explore the most common American football-related pediatric extremity injuries and their imaging characteristics using various modalities and briefly discuss the treatment options for the pediatric population. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2024 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2024

Authors: Manral Kalpana, Durand Rachelle, Pandya Nirav, Kornblith Aaron, Cort Kayla, Courtier Jesse

Keywords: American football, Pediatric, Extremity injuries