Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries As Young Athletes Train Nonstop. Bill Pennington.
by Pennington, Bill; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 53Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Orthopedic surgery | Overuse injuries | Physical education and training | Sports injuries in adolescence | Sports injuries in children | Sports medicine | Teenage athletesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Around the country, doctors in pediatric sports medicine say it is as if they have happened upon a new childhood disease, and the cause is the overaggressive culture of organized youth sports." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author considers the reasons behind the increase in injuries among children, noting that "in interviews with more than two dozen sports-medicine doctors and researchers, one factor was repeatedly cited as the prime cause for the outbreak in overuse injuries among young athletes: specialization in one sport at an early age and the year-round, almost manic, training for it that often follows."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries As Young Athletes Train Nonstop, Feb. 22, 2005; pp. C1+.
"Around the country, doctors in pediatric sports medicine say it is as if they have happened upon a new childhood disease, and the cause is the overaggressive culture of organized youth sports." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author considers the reasons behind the increase in injuries among children, noting that "in interviews with more than two dozen sports-medicine doctors and researchers, one factor was repeatedly cited as the prime cause for the outbreak in overuse injuries among young athletes: specialization in one sport at an early age and the year-round, almost manic, training for it that often follows."
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