General Sports Participation

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  Alliance for Youth Sports Safety: A Call to Action

  Specifically, concussion, heat illness, and sudden cardiac arrest have ... read more

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  Can Early Sport Specialization Lead to an Increase in Sports Injuries?

  Historically, young kids participated in a variety of sports rotating through different sports as the seasons changed. Young boys might ... read more

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  Controversy over Aluminum Bats Surfaces in California

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  Could Routine ECGs Reduce Sudden Cardiac Deaths in Young Athletes?

  The researchers analyzed sudden deaths in young athletes between 1985 and 1995, and determined that 85% of the sudden deaths were ... read more

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  Developing an Emergency Action Plan

  Nor would he be able to win the bronze medal in the 1,500-meter short-track speed skating final in Vancouver during ... read more

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  Healing after a Traumatic Event

  Kumaritashvili was rounding turn 16 when he lost control and was catapulted out of the track. He hit a ... read more

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  How Hard Should My Children Train to Improve Performance?

  Some of the athletes even vomited during the training session. Several centers around my neighborhood are proud of the fact that ... read more

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  Importance of Pre-Participation Physical Exam (PPPE)

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  Learning through Tragedy

  Matthews was pronounced dead at a local hospital after paramedics responded to the apartment where she was living with her ... read more

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  Minimizing Risk of Injury in Children: A Lifelong Gift from Parents

  Without a fair amount of caution, youngsters can develop physical problems that will last forever. The good news is injury ... read more

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  Osgood-Schlatter Disease

  It affects 20 percent of athletic adolescents, as compared to about 5 percent of non-athletic adolescent groups. Boys are affected three ... read more

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  Overcoming Adversity to Compete

  As in most aerialists, Cook’s background is in the sport of gymnastics. She grew up watching some of the ... read more

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  Pediatric Entities in Sports Medicine: Most Common Sports Injuries for Children

  Medical personnel and athletic staff should become familiar with treating the pediatric sports patient. Skeletally immature athletes are unique because ... read more

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  Playing Through Pain

  However, in many cases, athletes are given the choice of whether they want to try to compete with an injury. ... read more

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  The Young Athlete - Not Small Adults When it Comes to Exercise and Stress

  Intensive exercise and training may be associated with acute and chronic illness and injury. Children train harder and participate in ... read more

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  When to Begin Sports Participation: General Recommendations for Parents

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