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British Medical Bulletin Advance Access published online on September 24, 2009
British Medical Bulletin, doi:10.1093/bmb/ldp034
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Injuries, risk factors and prevention initiatives in youth sport

Anne Frisch{dagger},{ddagger},§, Jean-Louis Croisier§, Axel Urhausen{ddagger}, Romain Seil{ddagger} and Daniel Theisen{dagger},*

{dagger} Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, Public Research Centre for Health, 1a-b, rue Thomas Edison, L-1445 Strassen, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
{ddagger} Centre de l'Appareil Locomoteur, de Médecine du Sport et de Prévention du Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
§ Département des Sciences de la Motricité, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Liège, Belgium

* Correspondence to: Daniel Theisen, Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, CRP-Santé, 1a-b, rue Thomas Edison, L-1445 Strassen, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. E-mail: daniel.theisen{at}crp-sante.lu

Background: Sports injuries in young athletes are a public health issue which deserves special attention. Effective prevention can be achieved with training programmes originating from the field of physical therapy and medicine.

Sources of data: A systematic literature search on injury prevention in youth sport was performed in the MEDLINE database.

Areas of agreement: For prevention programmes to reduce sports injuries, critical factors must be considered, such as training content, duration and frequency, as well as athlete compliance.

Areas of controversy: Home-based programmes could be inferior to supervised training, but are efficient if compliance is high. So far prevention programmes have focused on team sports and their efficiency in individual sports remains to be proven.

Growing points: Active prevention programmes focusing specifically on the upper extremity are scarce. Initiatives enhancing the awareness of trainers, athletes and therapists about risk factors and systematic prevention measures should be encouraged.

Keywords: sports injuries • young athlete • prevention strategies • compliance • risk factors

Accepted for publication August 20, 2009.


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