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AOSSM Early Sport Specialization Consensus Statement

BACKGROUND: Early sport specialization is not a requirement for success at the highest levels of competition and is believed to be unhealthy physically and mentally for young athletes. It also discourages unstructured free play, which has many benefits. PURPOSE: To review the available evidence on e...

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Autores principales: LaPrade, Robert F., Agel, Julie, Baker, Joseph, Brenner, Joel S., Cordasco, Frank A., Côté, Jean, Engebretsen, Lars, Feeley, Brian T., Gould, Daniel, Hainline, Brian, Hewett, Timothy E., Jayanthi, Neeru, Kocher, Mininder S., Myer, Gregory D., Nissen, Carl W., Philippon, Marc J., Provencher, Matthew T.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27169132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967116644241
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author LaPrade, Robert F.
Agel, Julie
Baker, Joseph
Brenner, Joel S.
Cordasco, Frank A.
Côté, Jean
Engebretsen, Lars
Feeley, Brian T.
Gould, Daniel
Hainline, Brian
Hewett, Timothy E.
Jayanthi, Neeru
Kocher, Mininder S.
Myer, Gregory D.
Nissen, Carl W.
Philippon, Marc J.
Provencher, Matthew T.
author_facet LaPrade, Robert F.
Agel, Julie
Baker, Joseph
Brenner, Joel S.
Cordasco, Frank A.
Côté, Jean
Engebretsen, Lars
Feeley, Brian T.
Gould, Daniel
Hainline, Brian
Hewett, Timothy E.
Jayanthi, Neeru
Kocher, Mininder S.
Myer, Gregory D.
Nissen, Carl W.
Philippon, Marc J.
Provencher, Matthew T.
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description BACKGROUND: Early sport specialization is not a requirement for success at the highest levels of competition and is believed to be unhealthy physically and mentally for young athletes. It also discourages unstructured free play, which has many benefits. PURPOSE: To review the available evidence on early sports specialization and identify areas where scientific data are lacking. STUDY DESIGN: Think tank, roundtable discussion. RESULTS: The primary outcome of this think tank was that there is no evidence that young children will benefit from early sport specialization in the majority of sports. They are subject to overuse injury and burnout from concentrated activity. Early multisport participation will not deter young athletes from long-term competitive athletic success. CONCLUSION: Youth advocates, parents, clinicians, and coaches need to work together with the sport governing bodies to ensure healthy environments for play and competition that do not create long-term health issues yet support athletic competition at the highest level desired.
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spelling pubmed-48538332016-05-10 AOSSM Early Sport Specialization Consensus Statement LaPrade, Robert F. Agel, Julie Baker, Joseph Brenner, Joel S. Cordasco, Frank A. Côté, Jean Engebretsen, Lars Feeley, Brian T. Gould, Daniel Hainline, Brian Hewett, Timothy E. Jayanthi, Neeru Kocher, Mininder S. Myer, Gregory D. Nissen, Carl W. Philippon, Marc J. Provencher, Matthew T. Orthop J Sports Med 126 BACKGROUND: Early sport specialization is not a requirement for success at the highest levels of competition and is believed to be unhealthy physically and mentally for young athletes. It also discourages unstructured free play, which has many benefits. PURPOSE: To review the available evidence on early sports specialization and identify areas where scientific data are lacking. STUDY DESIGN: Think tank, roundtable discussion. RESULTS: The primary outcome of this think tank was that there is no evidence that young children will benefit from early sport specialization in the majority of sports. They are subject to overuse injury and burnout from concentrated activity. Early multisport participation will not deter young athletes from long-term competitive athletic success. CONCLUSION: Youth advocates, parents, clinicians, and coaches need to work together with the sport governing bodies to ensure healthy environments for play and competition that do not create long-term health issues yet support athletic competition at the highest level desired. SAGE Publications 2016-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4853833/ /pubmed/27169132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967116644241 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work as published without adaptation or alteration, without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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LaPrade, Robert F.
Agel, Julie
Baker, Joseph
Brenner, Joel S.
Cordasco, Frank A.
Côté, Jean
Engebretsen, Lars
Feeley, Brian T.
Gould, Daniel
Hainline, Brian
Hewett, Timothy E.
Jayanthi, Neeru
Kocher, Mininder S.
Myer, Gregory D.
Nissen, Carl W.
Philippon, Marc J.
Provencher, Matthew T.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27169132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967116644241
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