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Estimated number of "weightlifting" (ie, resistance training) injuries presenting in US emergency rooms between the years 2002 and 2005. Reprinted from Myer et al. Reproduced by permission of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Myer and colleagues recently examined data from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in order to evaluate resistance training-related injuries from patients presenting to US emergency rooms (fig 2).
Percentage of injuries of the oldest and youngest age categories. Note that the small prevalence of leg injuries in the 8-13 years age categories provides invalidated results and should be interpreted with caution. Reprinted from Myer et al. Reproduced by permission of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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Of potential relevance, they noted that two-thirds of the injuries sustained by 8-13-year-old patients were to the hand and foot and were most often related to "dropping" and "pinching" in the injury descriptions (fig 3).