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An evaluation of the impact of FIFA World Cup on soccer emergency department injuries among Montreal adolescents

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The ‘trickle‐down effect’, or how major sports events have a positive impact on sports participation, has been the subject of many studies, but none produced conclusive results. We took a… Click to show full abstract

The ‘trickle‐down effect’, or how major sports events have a positive impact on sports participation, has been the subject of many studies, but none produced conclusive results. We took a different approach and rather than look at sports participation, we used injuries as a proxy and see if injuries increased, or remained the same, after the International Federation of Association Football World Cup.

Keywords: impact; world cup; evaluation impact; impact fifa; fifa world

Journal Title: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Year Published: 2018

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