Primary Care Considerations for the Adolescent Wrestler.

Purpose Of Review: Adolescent wrestlers undergo intense physical combat. While guidelines are effective in keeping the sport safer, concerns specific to the adolescent wrestler may be missed at primary care visits without knowledge of the unique challenges faced by these athletes. The following review highlights important characteristics of the adolescent wrestler which are of interest to primary care providers.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for Sideline Youth Sports Coverage.

Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this review is to discuss the use of point-of-care ultrasound for sideline youth sports coverage.

Recent Findings: Participation in youth sports has been increasing, with trends that athletes are specializing earlier and competing at higher levels at younger ages (NSCH 2019, Fabricant 2013). Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) utilizes non-invasive imaging to diagnose and manage various musculoskeletal conditions ranging from traumatic injuries, such as fractures and intramuscular hematomas, to early screening for conditions such as asymptomatic knee lesions.

Position comparison of sport-related concussions in female youth soccer players.

Objectives: Youth soccer participation, particularly among females, continues to grow worldwide. With the high incidence of sport-related concussion (SRC) in soccer, it is important to investigate if SRC occurs disproportionally by positions. Our hypothesis was to see no positional differences in SRCs, SRC-related characteristics, and outcomes among in female youth soccer athletes.

Pediatric hurdle-related acute injuries in track and field presenting to US emergency departments: descriptive epidemiology study.

Background: Hurdling is a track event that is unique due to a combination of running and jumping over an apparatus. Since hurdling requires a special skillset with sprinting and jumping, athletes are at risk for various musculoskeletal injuries. However, there has been a paucity of studies describing the epidemiology of pediatric hurdle injuries.

Comparison of pre-high school and high school football quarterback injuries.

Objective: To compare the common injuries of pre-high school American football quarterbacks (Pre-HS QBs) and high school American football quarterbacks (HS QBs) within the last 15 years.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed at a sports medicine clinic at a tertiary-level pediatric medical center. Pediatric and adolescent American football quarterback patients who sustained sports-related injuries were extracted.

Youth American football quarterback injuries: a descriptive study of 15 years of retrospective data.

: To describe common injuries of youth American football quarterbacks (QBs) cared for in a regional sports medicine center within the last 15 years. : A retrospective chart review of all male youth American football QB patients who sustained sports-related injuries at a regional pediatric medical center between 01/01/2003 and 10/01/2018. Patients were identified using to search the term 'quarterback.