caa a22 4500 475786378 CHVBK 20180406123659.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004310050011 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004310050011 Injuries in young athletes [Elektronische Daten] [N. Maffulli, W. Bruns] Most injuries in children's sports are minor and self-limiting, suggesting that children and youth sports are safe. A child's skeletal system shows pronounced adaptive changes to intensive sports training. Sports injuries affect both growing bone and soft tissues and could result in damage of the growth mechanisms with subsequent life-lasting damage. During growth there are significant changes in the biomechanical properties of bone. In young athletes, as bone stiffness increases and resistance to impact diminishes, sudden overload may cause bones to bow or buckle. Epiphyseal injuries are usually due to shearing and avulsion forces, although compression also plays a significant role. Given the remarkable healing potential of bone in youngsters, fractures that initially united with some deformity can completely remodel and appear totally normal in later life. Conclusion As the risk of injuries sustained by young athletes can be significant, it is essential that training programmes take into account their physical and psychological immaturity, so that growing athletes can adjust to their own body changes. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Musculo-skeletal system nationallicence Epidemiology nationallicence Upper limb nationallicence Lower limb nationallicence Spine nationallicence Maffulli N. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK e-mail: n.maffulli@abdn.ac.uk Tel.: +44-1224-840-959, Fax: +44-1224-685-373, GB aut Bruns W. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK e-mail: n.maffulli@abdn.ac.uk Tel.: +44-1224-840-959, Fax: +44-1224-685-373, GB aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310050011 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310050011 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maffulli N. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK e-mail: n.maffulli@abdn.ac.uk Tel.: +44-1224-840-959, Fax: +44-1224-685-373, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bruns W. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK e-mail: n.maffulli@abdn.ac.uk Tel.: +44-1224-840-959, Fax: +44-1224-685-373, GB aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer