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Armed Forces Flag Football Study

Posted on May 24, 2012 by netviper

Flag football has long been very popular in the armed forces of the United States, with the Air Force even completing a 10-year descriptive study of flag football injuries from 1993-2002. They found that the leading cause of injury was due to contact with another player, which caused 42% of their reported injuries. The second leading group of issues included slips, trips, and falls, resulting simply from the act of running during the game..

Here is a link to the actual study:

http://www.childrens.com/assets/documents/specialties/sportsmedicine/flag-football-safety.pdf

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