Author Interviews, Education, Exercise - Fitness, Orthopedics, Pediatrics / 24.09.2019
Sports Specialization Hurts Girls More Than Boys
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Alison E. Field, ScD
Professor and Chair of Epidemiology
Brown University School of Public Heath
Providence, RI
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Over past couple of decades there has been a large change in youth sports from playing different sports in each season to more and more specialization where children are playing the same sport for three or more seasons. The concern with that change is that specialization at young ages will lead to more injuries, as well as athlete burnout. (more…)