Sport Specialization and Increased Injury Frequency in Youth Baseball Players: A Prospective Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Sport specialization was associated with throwing-related arm injuries in a small cohort of youth baseball players. It is concerning that 57.9% of parents and specialized players were unaware of the athletes' status. Larger studies with longer follow-up periods are needed to further evaluate injury-risk profiles in physically developing youth populations. PMID: 31633417 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Athletic Training - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: J Athl Train Source Type: research