2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

3099.0
Sports, Recreational and Fall-related Injuries

Monday, November 2, 2015: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Poster

Board 1
Severity of cognitive impairment, fear of falling and risk of falls in the elderly: Results from the Hispanic Established Population for Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (HEPESE): 2004-2007   
Malinee Neelamegam, B.Biomed Sc, MBA, MPH and Sharad Malavade, MD, DNB (Ophth.) MPH, PhD
Board 2
Calculating Rates of Fall Injuries Using Present on Admission Indicators in the State Inpatient Database   
Oluwafolakemi Adedeji, PhD, MS
Board 3
Do Socio-demographic Correlates of Fall-Related Injuries Vary by Body Mass Index?   
Vishnu Nepal, MSc, MPH and Deborah Banerjee, PhD
  
Board 4
Injuries among elite pre-professional ballet and contemporary dancers   
Rebecca Yau, PhD, MPH, Yvonne Golightly, PT, PhD, David Richardson, PhD, Cristin Runfola, PhD, Anna Waller, ScD, Ann Potter, MSN, FNP-BC, Laura Santos, MS, LAT, ATC, David Wilkenfeld, MS, LAT, ATC and Steve W. Marshall, PhD
Board 5
Descriptive epidemiology of common National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football injuries during the 2009/10-2013/14 academic years   
Zachary Kerr, PhD, MPH, Julianne Schmidt, PhD, ATC, Aristarque Djoko, MS and Thomas Dompier, PhD, ATC
Board 6
Epidemiology of Muay Thai Fight-Related Injuries   
Stephen Strotmeyer, PhD, MPH, Anthony Fabio, MPH, PhD, Thomas Songer, PhD, Maria Brooks, PhD and Jeffrey H. Coben, MD
Board 7
Gender differences in time loss among high school and collegiate athletes participating in soccer, basketball and baseball/softball following a concussion   
Melanie Ewald, MPH, Sarah K. Fields, PhD and R. Dawn Comstock, PhD
Board 8
Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Ankle Injury in Collegiate Basketball Players   
Shelley Amstutz-Szalay, MS, PhD, Erik Nesbit, DPT and Lindsay Heidebrink, DPT
Board 9
Unintentional Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments Among Persons Aged 65 Years and Older, United States, 2006-2011   
Xinyao deGrauw, Joseph L. Annest, PhD, Judy Stevens, Likang Xu and Victor Coronado
Board 10
Trends in pediatric sports-related injuries presenting to US emergency departments, 2001-2013   
Demetria Bayt, MPH and Teresa Bell, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: School Health Education and Services, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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