Seniors are more prone to accidents and
injuries than younger adults.
Not exact matches
The number of pitches thrown by major league pitchers is closely monitored to protect against
injury, but monitoring pitch count is even more important in
younger players because growing bones and joints are more susceptible to
injury than in
adults.
«Our study shows that
young knees are more prone to re-
injury than the
adult population when compared to other research in this area - and is the first study to examine the incidence and risk factors for further ACL
injury in a solely juvenile population over the long term,» said lead author Justin Roe of North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre.
About 10,000 infants, most of them
younger than four months of age, are treated in US ERs each year because of car seat - related
injuries unrelated to car accidents: falling out of a seat because they were not properly strapped in; falling with the seat from an elevated surface such as a kitchen counter; seats accidentally tipped over by an
adult or older child; older infants wiggling sufficiently — even when properly strapped in — to topple the seat over.
«Adolescents and
young adults (15 - 19 years) and
adults aged 40 years and older have the highest bicycle death rates.3 Children (5 - 14 years), adolescents, and
young adults (15 - 24 years) have the highest rates of nonfatal bicycle - related
injuries, accounting for more
than one - third of all bicycle - related
injuries seen in U.S. emergency departments.3 Males are much more likely to be killed or injured on bicycles
than are females.3 Most bicyclist deaths occur in urban areas and at non-intersection locations.4» https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/bicycle/ Pucher J, Buehler R, Merom D, Bauman A. Walking and cycling in the United States, 2001 — 2009: Evidence from the National Household Travel Surveys.