Children and adolescents who specialise in one sport have increased injury risk

News ⋅ November 21, 2019

Young athletes who specialize in one sport and train intensively have a significantly higher risk of stress fractures and other severe overuse injuries, even when compared with other injured athletes, according to the largest clinical study of its kind. For example, young athletes who spent more hours per week than their age playing one sport…

Simon Bartold
Director of Bartold Clinical