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Children and Exercise in a Clinical Context—An Overview

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Pediatric Sports Medicine for the Practitioner

Part of the book series: Comprehensive Manuals in Pediatrics ((CM PEDIATRICS))

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A clinician who wants to incorporate exercise into his diagnostic or management strategy should answer the following questions about each patient.

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    Oded Bar-Or (Professor of Pediatrics, Director)

  2. McMaster University, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Oded Bar-Or (Professor of Pediatrics, Director)

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Bar-Or, O. (1983). Children and Exercise in a Clinical Context—An Overview. In: Pediatric Sports Medicine for the Practitioner. Comprehensive Manuals in Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5593-2_2

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