OBJECTIVES: The aim of this umbrella review was to investigate the frequency of physical activity-related injuries (PARI) among adolescents. Our secondary objective was to describe the available reviews of injuries in three settings: organized sports, leisure time physical activity (PA), and school physical education (PE). METHODS: We conducted an overview of reviews consistent with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement guidelines on the frequency of physical activity related injuries in adolescents. RESULTS: We identified 19 systematic reviews with at least moderate quality to include in the review. We were not able to pool data from reviews and conduct meta-analysis due to heterogeneity of injury definitions, exposure times, and sample demographics. All reviews included studies of injuries sustained in organized sports, and injury incidence was higher during matches than training. No systematic reviews were found focusing on leisure time or school-based PA injuries. CONCLUSION: High-quality research is essential to understand the frequency of various types of physical activity related injuries among adolescents in organized sports, PE, and leisure time activities to develop more effective prevention strategies.

Department of Biomedical Foundations of Development and Sexology Faculty of Education University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland

Department of Community and Occupational Medicine University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen Netherlands

Department of Environmental Health Faculty of Health Sciences Jagiellonian University Kraków Poland

Department of Health Psychology and Research Methodology Faculty of Medicine University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik Kosice Slovakia

Faculty of Physical Culture Palacký University Olomouc Czechia

Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education University of Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina

Faculty of Sport University of Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia

Faculty of Sports Studies Masaryk University Brno Czechia

Faculty of Sports University of Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia

Faculty of Sports University of Presov Presov Slovakia

Institute for Kinesiology Research Scientific Research Center Koper Koper Slovenia

Tampere Research Centre of Sports Medicine UKK Institute Tampere Finland

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