Epidemiology of yoga-related injuries in Canada from 1991 to 2010: a case series study |
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| Authors: | Kelly Russell Shantel Gushue Sarah Richmond Steven McFaull |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;2. Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada;3. Injury and Child Maltreatment Section – Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The aim is to describe the epidemiology of yoga injuries presenting to select Canadian emergency departments (EDs). Those who presented with a yoga injury to a Canadian ED participating in the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program and had completed a data collection form between 1991 and 2010 were included. Demographic and injury characteristics were tabulated and injury profiles of children were compared to adults. Sixty-six individuals (48 female, 18 male) who sustained 67 injuries were included. The median age was 19 (intraquartile range: 13, 32) and 73% of individuals were injured after 2005 (p = 0.0003). Sprain was the most common injury (23/67, 34%) and the most common body region injured was the lower extremity (27/67, 42%). Significantly more children were injured while being instructed than adults (p = 0.003) but more adults required treatment (p = 0.023). Although yoga-related injuries presenting to an ED are not common, the number of injuries are increasing. |
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| Keywords: | yoga injury surveillance epidemiology case series |
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