Key result
Pediatric sports injuries frequently involve the lower extremity, with acute and overuse injury patterns heavily influenced by the changing biomechanics and psychosocial stresses of adolescence.
This review provides an overview of common acute and overuse sports injuries encountered in pediatric and adolescent athletes.
May inform age-specific prevention in youth sports; leaves open prospective validation of biomechanical and psychosocial factors.
This article reviews the common acute and overuse injuries encountered in the pediatric athlete. Acute injuries are usually physeal or avulsion fractures relating to a single traumatic event. Overuse injuries are the result of repetitive stress and include the common traction apophysitis, osteochondritis dissecans, and stress fractures. Sports-related injuries most frequently involve the lower extremity with injury patterns and frequencies relative to the athlete's age, size, and type of sport. Indeed, an alternative title for this review might be Òthe adolescent athlete as the changing biomechanics and psychosocial stresses of adolescence are inherent risk factors for sports-related injuries. An estimated seven million adolescents currently play high school sports with an increasing number becoming interested in extreme sports. It is hoped that this review will assist your future encounters with the injured pediatric athlete or Òweekend warrior.
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Auringer et al. (1999) conducted a review in Pediatric sports injuries. Pediatric sports injuries frequently involve the lower extremity, with acute and overuse injury patterns heavily influenced by the changing biomechanics and psychosocial stresses of adolescence.
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