Brachial neuropraxia in Canadian Atlantic University sport football players: what is the incidence of "stingers"?

Objectives: The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the incidence of brachial neuropraxia (stingers) among varsity football players during the 2010 season; (2) to determine if associations exist between sustaining a stinger and previous history of stingers, years played, equipment, age, body mass index (BMI), and conditioning; and (3) to provide descriptive statistics regarding stingers and position played, symptoms, activity during injury, mechanism of tackling, and reporting of stingers.

Design: Retrospective.

Setting: Canadian Atlantic University Sport football league.