Player getting ankle taped at an American football game in Mexico.Tackles like this one in women's Australian rules football can cause injuries.
Sports injuries occur during participation in sports or exercise in general. Globally, around 40% of individuals engage in some form of regular exercise or organized sports,[1] with upwards of 60% of US high school students participating in one or more sports.[2] Sports injuries account for 15 - 20% of annual acute care visits[3] with an incidence of 1.79 - 6.36 injuries per 1,000 hours of participation.[4] Sports injuries can be broken down into the types of injuries, risk factors and prevention and the overall impact that injuries have on athletes.