Children and Young Athletes - Overuse Injuries

Children and young athletes are more susceptible to.....

• Soft Tissue Injuries

• Hard Tissue Injuries

• Overuse Injuries

• Traumatic Injuries

Which of the following most accurately describes overuse injuries in children and young athletes?

• Direct contact with a large force

• Indirect contact to soft tissue

• Poor technique

• Repetitive sub-maximal loading

Children and Young Athletes are prone to overuse injuries. Categorize the following factors into their intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic (external) categories.

Groups:

(a) Intrinsic Factor

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(b) Extrinsic Factor

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(c) Not a factor

• ^{Poor conditioning}

• ^{Prior injury}

• ^{Anatomical malalignment}

• ^{Confidence level}

• ^{Impropper training methods}

• ^{Poor technique}

• ^{Family history}

• ^{Impropper surface for training}

• ^{Temperature during training}

Match the strategy for reducing overuse injuries in children and young athletes to the most accurate description.

• Structural consideration to sessions

• Scheduling sufficient rest periods

• Modified rules for children

• Reduce field size and game length

• Choice of training activity

• Organised practice without excessive repetition

• Avoids positional -repetitive movement

• Include a varied and adequate warm up

• Prepares the body to begin training

• Limit position specialization

Which of the following are suitable methods to reduce overuse injuries in children and young athletes?

• Gradual progression of exercise that is age appropriate

• Vary the surface and skill being taught

• Change directions on-field to ensure exercise is bililateral

• Embed periodization to include rest periods

• Reduce specialisation in specific positions and sports