Sources
Everything this site relies on, with a link to the original.
Data
- National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) dataU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionThe case records behind every injury estimate on this site.
- Explanation of NEISS estimates obtained through the CPSC websiteU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionThe rule for marking an estimate unstable.
- NEISS coding manual, January 2025, revision 1U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2025Code labels for body part, injury type and outcome, and the product code used for pickleball.
Studies
- Increasing incidence of pickleball injuries presenting to US emergency departments: a 10-year epidemiologic analysis of mechanisms and trendsYu J, et al. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2025A published estimate to compare our own numbers with.
- A substantial increase in injuries and hospitalizations associated with playing pickleball from 2020 to 2022Cheng R, et al. Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, 2025Published trends in injuries and hospital admissions.
- Pickleball-related ocular injuries among patients presenting to emergency departmentsLacher CR, et al. JAMA Ophthalmology, 2025The spelling variants in our search terms, and published eye injury estimates.
How we use the NEISS data. Found an error? Email [email protected].