The Relationship between High School Coaches' Beliefs about Sports Injury and Prevention Practice Readiness

vii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the Problem 1 High School Sports Injury 2 Purpose of the Study 3 Research Questions 4 Assumptions 4 Significance of the Study 4 Definition of Key Terms 5 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 Sports Injuries among Adolescents 7 Overall prevalence 7 Injury characteristics of high risk sports 9 Football 9 Soccer 11 Wrestling 12 Basketball 13 High School vs Collegiate Sports 14 General Risk Factors for Sports Injuries 16 Personal factors 16 Gender 16 Body size, age/grade/experience, performance measures 17 Previous injury history 18