The child and adolescent athlete: A review of three potentially serious injuries

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Caine, Dennis ^a   Purcell, Laura ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear; Children and adolescents; Concussion; Physeal injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ATHLETE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 84933526720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1847-6-22     Document Type: Review

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