RT Book, Section
A1 Greydanus, Donald E.
A1 Dyke, David H. Van
A2 Patel, Dilip R.
A2 Greydanus, Donald E.
A2 Baker, Robert J.
SR Print(0)
ID 6974216
T1 Chapter 10. Epilepsy
T2 Pediatric Practice: Sports Medicine
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149677-3
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6974216
RD 2024/04/20
AB A  seizure  is  a  discrete  event  with  various  manifestations  while  epilepsy  (seizure  disorder)  is  defined  as  a  condition  with  recurrent  seizures.1–4  The  well-known  Mayo  Clinic  study  looking  at  the  incidence  of  epilepsy  in  their  area  from  1935  to  1967  reported  an  incidence  of  newly  identified  epilepsy  as  36  to  48/100,000/y  in  the  10  to  19  year  age  cohort.5  Various  studies  note  that  epilepsy  affects  approximately  1%  to  2%  of  the  general  population  and  approximately  25%  of  those  with  epilepsy  are  younger  than  18  years.3,5–7  The  prevalence  is  3  to  5/1000  adolescents  while  research  notes  the  annual  incidence  of  a  seizure  disorder  is  24.7/100,000  10-  to  14-year-old  and  18.6/100,000  15-  to  19-year-old.  Thus,  there  are  many  children  and  youth  with  epilepsy  who  may  be  involved  in  sports.