Publication date: Jun 25, 2025
Weight-lifting among the pediatric population has surged during the last two decades motivated by the new evidence-based positive health effects. The increasing popularity of this activity has increased the number of emergency department (ED) presentations. Therefore, we sought to analyze the epidemiology of weightlifting-associated upper (UE) and lower extremity (LE) injuries in the pediatric population. The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) was queried for the years 2003 to 2022. All UE and LE injuries presenting to the ED directly stemming from weightlifting activity were selected after careful narrative inclusion and exclusion. Weight-lifting injuries increased significantly from 2003 to 2022 in UE from 3527 to 5540 and in LE from 750 to 1853; there was a prominent dip during the COVID-19 pandemic years, from 4126 to 3479, and from 1789 to 1625, respectively (P
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| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | emergency |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |