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...

FOR HKM Most acute sports-related injuries in children and adolescents involve the lower extremities. Emergency department physicians are often the first to evaluate and treat these injuries and are commonly asked for advice regarding return to sports and activities. This article will review the most common acute lower extremity injuries seen in young athletes, including contusions, muscle stra...

BACKGROUND No information is available concerning patients' sports activity after hip resurfacing arthroplasty. HYPOTHESIS Patients treated by hip resurfacing arthroplasty will be able to achieve a high level of sports activity. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS We surveyed 112 patients by postal questionnaire to determine their sporting activities at a mean of 23.5 ...

In 2009, the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) established the "Sports Pharmacist Accreditation Program" to prevent doping in sports. Since then, anti-doping activities in Japan have been attracting attention. In this study, we investigated research about the current status of doping from 2007 to 2014 in Japan to make anti-doping activities more concrete, and we also discussed future anti-doping ...

Previous research has considered action and adventure sports using a variety of associated terms and definitions which has led to confusing discourse and contradictory research findings. Traditional narratives have typically considered participation exclusively as the pastime of young people with abnormal characteristics or personalities having unhealthy and pathological tendencies to take risk...

BACKGROUND To evaluate return-to-activity (RtA) after anatomical reconstruction of acute high-grade acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) separation. METHODS A total of 42 patients with anatomical reconstruction of acute high-grade ACJ-separation (Rockwood Type V) were surveyed to determine RtA at a mean 31 months follow-up (f-u). Sports disciplines, intensity, level of competition, participation in ...

The purpose of this study was to compare rates of participation for children (4-9 years of age) with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) with and without externalizing behavior problems (EBPs) with children without disability and to examine mediators of the relation between disability and physical activity participation. Data for this study were drawn from Cycle 7 (2006-07) of the Canadian Nati...

OBJECTIVES To compare the level of sports practice between adolescents with chronic health conditions (CHCs) and control peers and to examine the reasons given by adolescents with CHCs for not practicing any sports in comparison with the control group. DESIGN School survey. SETTING Postmandatory schools. PARTICIPANTS A total of 6790 students (3275 females) aged 16 to 20 years, grouped as ...