AM:STARs Sports Medicine and Sport Injuries

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews is the official journal of American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Adolescent Health. This issue provides the adolescent physician with comprehensive, practical and up-to-date information regarding diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic sports injuries, sports concussion, the pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE), mental health concerns, the female athlete, bone health, nutrition, travel, performance enhancing substances, injury rehabilitation, the role of the team physician and injury prevention in youth sports. Topics in Sports Medicine and Sports Injuries include:Being a team physicianThe preparticipation physical evaluationConcussions in adolescent athletes: evaluation, management, and return to play guidanceSelect musculoskeletal injuries: diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitationOveruse and overtraining injuriesFemale athlete triadThe care of adolescent dancersMental health and pressure in adolescent sportsPerformance-enhancing substancesThe traveling adolescent athleteExtreme sports and adolescent athletes