Ice Hockey

Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice. It is a speedy and physical sport. Because ice hockey is particularly physical sport, lots of injuries occur. Even at a junior level ice hockey still has a high injury ratio. Here is a article from the american journal of sports medicine on injuries in junior ice hockey.

“This 3-year prospective cohort observational analysis of elite amateur hockey players ranging in age from 17 to 20 years on a United States Hockey League team describes ice hockey injuries using a strict definition of injury, standardized reporting strategies, and diagnosis by a team physician. One hundred forty-two injuries were recorded for an on-ice injury rate of 9.4 per 1000 player hours. A player was 25 times more likely to be injured in a game (96.1 per 1000 player-game hours) than in practice (3.9 per 1000 player-practice hours). Game-related injuries were more frequent in the third period, and practice-related injuries occurred more of ten in......

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Title: Pdhpe Task 1
Approximate Word Count: 1891
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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