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Current Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine: An Overview

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Sports participation by children and adolescents has exploded in recent years. In the USA, more than 35 million children participate in organized sport, with millions of others participating at a recreational level [1]. A Canadian study found that 94% of adolescents participated in sports in the previous year [2]. In 2014 and 2015, an estimated 7.8 million adolescents in the USA participated in high school sports [3]. Children are becoming involved at younger ages, and are often participating in sports year-round. They are also participating at increasingly competitive levels, which requires training with greater intensity.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Laura Purcell MSc, MD, FRCPC, Dip Sport Med

  2. Division of Sports Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Lyle J. Micheli MD

  3. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Lyle J. Micheli MD

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    Lyle J. Micheli

  2. Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Laura Purcell

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Purcell, L., Micheli, L.J. (2018). Current Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine: An Overview. In: Micheli, L., Purcell, L. (eds) The Adolescent Athlete. Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56188-2_1

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