Citation

Cohen E, Sala DA. Eur. J. Phys. Rehabil. Med. 2010; 46(2): 133-145.

Affiliation

Physical Therapy Department, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Edizioni Minerva Medica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20485218

Abstract

AIM: The recent increase in sports participation in children and adolescents has resulted in the increase of sport-related injuries and the need for rehabilitation. The purposes of this study were to review studies involving rehabilitation of pediatric musculoskeletal sport-related injuries to determine the study design (level of evidence), inclusion of a reference to skeletal immaturity, adequacy of the description of the rehabilitation program and treatment outcome. METHODS: Medline(1950-June 2009), CINAHL(1982-June 2009), Cochrane and journals (sports, physical therapy, pediatric orthopedic) were searched using the terms: physical therapy or rehabilitation plus sports/athletic injuries or individual sports plus pediatrics, adolescent, children, youth and young. Inclusion criteria were: published in English peer-reviewed journal, examined rehabilitation/management, subjects

Language: en