Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: A position statement from the American medical society for sports medicine

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-20

  Difiori, John P ^a   Benjamin, Holly J ^b   Brenner, Joel ^c   Gregory, Andrew ^d   Jayanthi, Neeru ^e   Landry, Greg L ^f   Luke, Anthony ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARM INJURY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; BURNOUT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONIC STRESS; CINAHL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELBOW INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FITNESS; FOOT FRACTURE; FOOTBALL; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JUVENILE; KNEE INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OVEREXERTION; PARS INTERARTICULARIS; PATELLA FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCINFO; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; SHOULDER INJURY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKILL; SOCCER; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRENGTH; STRESS FRACTURE; TENNIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAINING; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; WORKLOAD; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891856844     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000060     Document Type: Article

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