The authors identified patients 65 years of age and older with sports-related orthopedic injuries in U.S. emergency departments between 2012 and 2021 using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database. The researchers observed significant increases in the total number and the incidence of sports injuries in adults aged 65 years and older from 2012 to 2021. The types of sports-related injuries in adults 65 years and older presenting to the emergency department during this time period changed, including more injuries to the upper leg/hip and fewer sprains and strains.
“By 2040, we project up to a 123 percent increase in these sports-related injuries in adults 65 and older. We project only an 8 percent increase in the number of orthopedic surgeons,” Zaifman said. “There is the potential for a large disparity between number of orthopedic surgeons and orthopedic surgery demand in this age group in the future.”
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