Pediatricians play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of child athletes through preseason examinations and injury management.
Supports pediatrician involvement in youth athlete safety; leaves open the need for prospective outcome studies.
Atheletics involve many health hazards for children. The possibility for injury is present and participation means a calculated risk. To justify the risks, the benefits must outweigh the dangers. Sports, suitably engaged in, promote both physical and mental health. As pediatricians we become involved on two occasions: during the preseason examination to determine the child's fitness to participate, and when injury has occurred. Adequate examining means an understanding of what is involved to participate, promoting safety standards, and equitable competitive situations.
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David H. Adamkin (1978) studied this question.
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