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Pediatric sports injuries
KEY POINTS
- Sports injuries in youth athletics continue to increase with increased sports participation and competitiveness.
- Young athletes are susceptible to both acute, traumatic injuries leading to fractures and dislocations as well as chronic overuse injuries.
- Lower-extremity injuries are seen more commonly in pediatric and adolescent athletes than those of the upper extremity.
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| Notations: | junior sports biological and medical sciences |
| Published in: | Pediatric Clinics of North America |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2019.09.013 |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 205-225 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |