Does high level youth sports participation increase the risk of femoroacetabular impingement? A review of the current literature

Sports participation can be an integral part of adolescent development with numerous positive short and long-term effects. Despite these potential benefits very high levels of physical activity, during skeletal maturation, have been proposed as a possible cause of cam-type femoroacetabular impingeme...

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Published in:Pediatric Rheumatology 2016-03, Vol.14 (1), p.16-16, Article 16
Main Authors: de Silva, Viran, Swain, Michael, Broderick, Carolyn, McKay, Damien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Athletes
Femoracetabular Impingement - epidemiology
Femoracetabular Impingement - etiology
Global Health
Health aspects
Humans
Morbidity - trends
Motor Activity
Review
Risk Assessment - methods
Teenagers
Youth
Youth Sports - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Sports participation can be an integral part of adolescent development with numerous positive short and long-term effects. Despite these potential benefits very high levels of physical activity, during skeletal maturation, have been proposed as a possible cause of cam-type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). The influence of physical activity on the developing physis has been previously described both in animal studies and epidemiological studies of adolescent athletes. It is therefore important to determine whether the development of FAI is secondary to excessive physical activity or a combination of a vulnerable physis and a set level of physical activity. A review of the current literature suggests that adolescent males participating in ice-hockey, basketball and soccer, training at least three times a week, are at greater risk than their non-athletic counterparts of developing the femoral head-neck deformity associated with femoroacetabular impingement.
ISSN:1546-0096
1546-0096
DOI:10.1186/s12969-016-0077-5