Adolescence and Sports

Sports participation by adolescents is considered a rite of passage in Western society. Adolescents participate in sports for many reasons. This book includes topics that exemplify some of the many facets of sport participation by adolescents that have implications for individual and public health.

The potential benefits of sport participation by adolescents include improve self-esteem, enhanced personal coping abilities, enhanced social competence, and fostering teamwork and healthy competitiveness. In addition to many psychosocial and developmental benefits of healthy sports participation, it can have life-long positive impact in prevention and control of major diseases that have enormous personal and public health implications. In this book the editors have explored selected topics to exemplify some of the many facets of sport participation by adolescents that have implications for individual and public health.

Introduction
Adolescent participation in sports
Psychosocial considerations in youth sports: An American perspective
Sports doping: Use of drugs &
supplements to enhance performance
Abuse of growth hormone by athletes
Prevention of sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Impact &
limitations of preparticipation screening
Sport participation by adolescents who have hypertension
Back pain in adolescent athletes
Evaluation &
treatment of ankle sprains
Knee injuries in adolescent athletes
Cricket injuries
Martial arts injuries in youth
Overuse injuries in adolescent athletes (Dilip R Patel)
Anterior cruciate ligament injury &
lower extremity stress fractures in young female athletes
Index.