Pediatric pickleball injuries: A multi-center database analysis of emergency department visits.

Michaelangelo Coppa¹, Aidin Gharavi², Sergio M Navarro³, Daniel Stephens⁴

¹Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: coppa.michaelangelo@mayo.edu.

²Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: gharavi.aidin@mayo.edu.

³Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 516 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: navarro.sergio@mayo.edu.

⁴Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: stephens.daniel@mayo.edu.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pickleball is a rapidly growing sport, with participation increasing from 4.8 million players in 2021 to 19.8 million in 2024 in the United States. While injury patterns in adults have been studied, pediatric injury patterns remain poorly understood. In this study, we sought to examine the epidemiology of pediatric pickleball injuries presenting to emergency departments (EDs) across th…

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