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Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents: Classification, Epidemiology, and Clinical Examination

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Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents

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Important issues regarding accurate diagnosis and/or differential diagnosis of sports injuries in young athletes include: a thorough history focusing on age of the athlete, type of sport, point of maximum intensity of pain, onset and timing of pain in relation to the sport, associated neurovascular symptoms, previous injuries, and presence of swelling, deformity and bruising. Whereas avulsion fractures occur in the growing skeleton, it is uncommon to see musculotendinous and ligamentous injuries in pediatric athletes. Familiarity with the classification of the musculoskeletal injuries and the limitations of the various clinical tests in each anatomic area, allow accurate referral for imaging. The incidence of musculoskeletal injuries largely depends on the type of sport, level of performance (competition/match vs. noncompetition/practice), intensity and technique.

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Mallina, R., Giannoudis, P.V. (2010). Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents: Classification, Epidemiology, and Clinical Examination. In: Karantanas, A. (eds) Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2010_39

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