Promotion of healthy weight-control practices in young athletes. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

Intensive training and sports specialization in young athletes. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

Children involved in sports should be encouraged to participate in a variety of different activities and develop a wide range of skills. Young athletes who specialize in just one sport may be denied the benefits of varied activity while facing additional physical, physiologic, and psychologic demands from intense training and competition. This statement reviews the potential risks of high-inten...

Cardiac dysrhythmias and sports. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness. Fitness, activity, and sports participation in the preschool child.

Human immunodeficiency virus and other blood-borne viral pathogens in the athletic setting. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness. American Academy of Pediatrics.

Because athletes and the staff of athletic programs can be exposed to blood during athletic activity, they have a very small risk of becoming infected with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus. This statement, which updates a previous position statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, (1) discusses sports participation for athletes infected with these pat...

Investigating the relationship between some anthropometric characteristics with physical fitness factors among young male athletes aged 9-11 in Kermanshah

Introduction Nowadays anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness factors are used for talent identification and evaluation of the athlete's fitness. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between some anthropometric characteristics with physical fitness factors among young male athletes aged 11-17 in Kermanshah. Materials and Methods The statistical populations of this stud...