Injury and illness epidemiology at a summer sport-camp program, 2008 through 2011.

Context: University-sponsored summer sport camps often employ athletic trainers; however, there is a dearth of epidemiologic studies describing the injury and illness experience of sport-camp participants to guide clinicians.

Objective: To describe the injury and illness experience of youth participants at a university-sponsored summer sport-camp program during a 4-year period.

Design: Descriptive epidemiology study.

Injury/illness physician referral profile from a youth university-sponsored summer sport camp program.

Participation at university-sponsored summer sport camps is popular among youth athletes; however, there is a dearth of information to describe the injuries/illnesses experienced by camp participants. Data from a university-sponsored sport camp program from 2008 to 2011 were accessed retrospectively. The sport camp program had approximately 80 camps for 28 sports over 12 weeks annually.