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What are some common college cheerleading injuries?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Extremity injuries: Cheerleading is physical and with the acrobatics performed extremity injuries are the most common. However although not as common I do see a reasonable amont of head trauma and neck injuries. Especially in cheerleaders doing pyramids.

Answered 8/15/2012

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Dr. Joseph Bouvier answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

See below: I would think that common musculoskeletal injuries would be the most common like sprains and strains, contusions, occasionally torn ligaments, tendons and broken bones.

Answered 7/18/2013

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Dr. Kim Fagan answered

Sprains/ strains: College cheer injuries are similar to high school injuries. Most comprehensive data available from journal of pediatric 2006: strain/ sprains (52.4%), soft tissue injuries (18.4%), fractures/ dislocation(16.4%), lacerations/ avulsions( 3.8%), concussions/ closed head trauma (3.5%), others(5.5%). More impressive is that cheer accounts for over half of the catastrophic injuries among female athlete.

Answered 12/10/2013

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