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Age and Sex Differences in Overuse Injuries Presenting to Pediatric Sports Medicine Clinics.
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Clinical pediatrics [Clin Pediatr (Phila)] 2019 Jun; Vol. 58 (7), pp. 770-777. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 22. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Pediatric overuse injuries present with a gradual mechanism of onset and an underlying pathogenesis of microtrauma. We evaluated the clinical presentation of pediatric sports injuries to determine if differences exist between age and sex. A retrospective chart review was performed over a 6-year period; 6593 overuse injuries were included with the mean age of 13.4 years. Males presented with a greater proportion of apophysis, physis, and articular cartilage injuries ( P < .01). Females presented with greater bone, tendon, and "other" injuries ( P < .01). Children <9 years of age demonstrated apophysis and physis injuries. Conversely, children older than 15 years of age presented with tendon, bone, bursa, and other ( P < .01) overuse injuries. A significant number of pediatric athletes in this cohort reported playing through pain prior to clinical evaluation. Injury prevention programs need to educate children, and a red flag should be raised when pediatric athletes are participating with pain.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1938-2707
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30897956
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922819837360