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There has been a dramatic increase in adolescent sports participation over the last two decades. This increase has led to primary care physicians seeing and caring for athletic injuries more regularly. It is imperative that these physicians have a strong understanding of lower extremity injuries for proper initial management and necessary follow-up.
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Abdelgawad, A., Genrich, C.M. (2021). Sport Injury: Lower Extremity. In: Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O., Abdou, M. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48138-4_12
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