Key result
Sports medicine provides crucial lifetime athlete healthcare by managing concussions and preventing youth injuries.
Why the study?
Sports medicine is expanding its role to provide lifetime healthcare for athletes including children, active players, and retired players.
Sports medicine plays a crucial role in providing lifetime healthcare for athletes across all stages of development and retirement.
May inform lifetime athlete healthcare strategies; leaves open need for prospective trials on concussion, childhood exercise, and triad.
Sports medicine has played a role in athlete safety, strengthening physical ability, improving sports performance, and players’ life extension. Recently, sports medicine is adding some roles to provide lifetime healthcare for athletes including children in the development stage, active players and retired players. Concussion in sport, the effects of exercising in childhood on bone and joint health, and female athlete triad are described in this review paper. Some proposals for protection of the athletes’ lifetime healthcare are also discussed.
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Imai et al. (2017) conducted a review in Sports injuries (concussion, youth sports injuries, female athlete triad). Sports medicine and lifetime healthcare management was evaluated. Sports medicine plays a crucial role in providing lifetime healthcare for athletes, including managing concussions, preventing youth sports injuries, and addressing the female athlete triad.
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