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Publication Date: 1985
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Overuse Injuries of Growing Bones: The Young Female Gymnast at Risk?
Caine, Dennis J.; Lindner, Koenraad J.
Physician and Sportsmedicine, v13 n12 p51-54,56-61,64 Dec 1985
Excessive physical loading may disrupt normal osseous development and inflict injury. This is particularly applicable to young female gymnasts, for whom the injury rate is astonishingly high at advanced levels of competition. There is a need for a more extensive database using a longitudinal approach. (MT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Gymnastics, Injuries, Physical Activity Level, Physical Development, Preadolescents, Skeletal System
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