ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2018
Developmental changes in the youth athlete: implications for movement, skills acquisition, performance and injuries.
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- The Assessment of Ankle Range-of-Motion and Its Relationship with Overall Muscle Strength in a Cross-Section of Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Isometric strength of upper limb muscles in youth using hand-held and hand-grip dynamometry.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2022Article
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Abstract
This narrative review summarizes the current literature on early sport specialization and changes that occur in the musculoskeletal system throughout growth and maturation. It discusses the impact of development on the motor and sensory systems and how this contributes to movement and coordination in the young athlete. With the increasing number of youth athletes in organized sport and the popularization of early sport specialization, the purpose of this paper is to educate those involved with the youth and adolescent athlete to important changes that are occurring at this time in development and the implications they have on movement, performance and injury. It is important for coaches, parents and athletes to understand and acknowledge the changes that are occurring, and to expect some difficulty in adaptation, which may be evident as either a plateau or deterioration in performance, or typical overuse injuries that are seen in the adolescent athlete.
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