Early sport specialization: Roots, effectiveness, risks

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 364-371

  Malina, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BURNOUT; HUMAN; JUVENILE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIALIZATION; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPORTING EVENT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 78651396145     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181fe3166     Document Type: Article

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