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Paediatric Sports Injuries - Principles of Management

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The field of paediatric sporting and athletic injuries is an expanding one, as healthy lifestyle promotion and sporting careers become more sought after and the resultant pressures on children lead to more frequent and intensive training and, unfortunately, more injuries.

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    Panteleimon Chan

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Chan, P., Ramachandran, M. (2014). Paediatric Sports Injuries - Principles of Management. In: Bentley, G. (eds) European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34746-7_257

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