COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) -- A greater proportion of severe injuries in high school football occur during kickoffs and punt plays, U.S. researchers find. The study, published in Research in Sports Medicine, finds 33 percent of high school football injuries occurring during kickoffs and punts are severe -- and 20 percent are concussions. The study finds injuries sustained at the beginning or middle of a game are more severe compared to injuries sustained during the end or in overtime. "Not only does the time in competition affect injuries but also the phase of play," study author Dawn Comstock of the Center for Injury Research and Policy in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, says in a statement. "Overall, severe injuries accounted for 20 percent of all injuries, with 44 percent of severe injuries being fractures." Data for the study were collected from the 2005-2006 National High School Sports Injury Surveillance Study.
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