Sports can be deadly - what is the most dangerous sport?! Subscribe, it's free! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Tharsan Kana, Rachel Salt,...
========== Humans have been playing sports for thousands
of years, with injuries and sometimes evendeath being expected.But when we look at the physical consequences
modern athletes endure, what is the most dangeroussport in the world?If we simply look at who gets injured the
most often, US hospital data - collected bythe CPSC in 2016 - found that for males, football
and soccer cause a significant proportionof injuries, while for women, soccer and baseball
almost top the list.But the number one sport for both sexes was
basketball, with 190,453 injuries for menand 34,707 for women.A study of injuries among NBA athletes over
a 17 year period found that lateral anklesprains were the most common, while a separate
study found that those who wore shoes withair cells in the heel were 4.3 ti...
