The Youth Athlete
A Practitioner’s Guide to Providing Comprehensive Sports Medicine Care

A sports medicine reference about the youth athlete for practitioners in the field

Brian J. Krabak (Edited by), M. Alison Brooks (Edited by)

9780323999922, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 22 June 2023

1044 pages, 300 illustrations (100 in full color)
27.6 x 21.6 x 4.8 cm, 0.45 kg

The Youth Athlete: A Practitioner’s Guide to Providing Comprehensive Sports Medicine Care includes topics that provide the most comprehensive and holistic understanding of the youth athlete. The foundation of the book focuses on the growth and development of the athlete from child to adolescence, balancing their physical, mental and emotional needs. The middle sections expand on this foundation, concentrating on common injuries and illnesses as well as unique topics (e.g., Female, Athlete Triad, Sports Specialization). Final sections emphasize specific sports (e.g., Soccer, Basketball, eSports), allowing the reader to synthesize the previous information to assist with return to play decision-making.

SECTION 1 – FOUNDATION
A. Growth and Development
a. Physical Maturation:
b. Cognitive Maturation
c. Emotional Maturation
d. Hormonal Changes
e. Physical Activity and Exercise Science
f. Gender Identity

B. Sports Participation Readiness
a. Benefits and risks of physical activity and sports
b. Training (Aerobic, Anaerobic, Strength Training)
c. Pre-Participation Screening (PPE, Female Athlete Triad, REDs-CAP, Mental Health – SPMA, Beck)
d. Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Sports
e. Sports Advocacy

SECTION 2 – COMMON SPORTS PROBLEMS
A. Illness
a. Eyes
b. Ears and Nose
c. Maxillofacial/Dental
d. Cardiac (HCM, Arrythmia)
e. Respiratory (Asthma, Pneumothorax, URI)
f. Gastrointestinal (Spleen, Liver)
g. Renal and Genitourinary
h. Allergies and Anaphylaxis
i. Skin (Infections)
j. Environmental Related Illness (Hyperthermia, Hypothermia, Altitude Sickness)
k. Hematologic (Anemia, Sickle Cell, Mono)
l. Endocrine (Thyroid, EAH)
m. Neurologic (Epilepsy)
n. Rheumatologic (Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE)
o. Chronic Medical Conditions (Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, Hemophilia)

B. Injuries
a. Sports Concussion
b. Cervical Injuries
c. Thoracic and Chest
d. Abdomen
e. Shoulder and Arm (Little League Shoulder, AC Sprain, Dislocation, Labral Tear, Clavicle Fracture)
f. Elbow and Forearm (LL Elbow, OCD, Fracture / Dislocation)
g. Wrist (Gymnast. Wrist, Scaphoid, Fracture, DeQuervain, Ligament, TFCC)
h. Hand and Finger (Jersey, Mallet, tendon Slip, PIP dislocation, nerve)
i. Lumbar Injuries
j. Hip (Apophysitis, SCFE, Leg-Perth, Labral, Snapping Hip, Osteitis Pubis, Muscle Strain, Hernia)
k. Thigh (Hematoma, Quad Strain, Hamstring Strain)
l. Knee (Ligament, OCD, Osgood Schlatter, SLJ, Patella, Meniscal, tendinitis)
m. Tibia (Strain, Tibia Stress Fracture, Compartment Syndrome)
n. Ankle (sprain, OCD, tendinitis, Fracture, Achilles)
o. Foot (Sprains, Tendinitis, Fractures [Navicular, 5th])

SECTION 3 – SPECIAL TOPICS
A. Mental Health
a. Anxiety Disorders (anxiety, OCD, Exercise Addiction)
b. Attention Disorders (ADHD)
c. Mood Disorders (depression, suicide)
d. Other Psychiatric Disorders (Bipolar, Schizophrenia)
e. Coping with Injury (Psychological reponse to Injury, PTSD)
f. Bullying and Sexual Harassment
g. Eating Disorders (anorexia, bulimia)

B. Overuse
a. Sports Specialization
b. Bone Stress Injury
c. Female Athlete Triad
d. Relative Energy Deficits

C. Wellness
a. Mindfulness, Resilience and Performance Optimization
b. Burnout and Dropout
c. Nutrition and Hydration
d. Sleep

D. Substance Use Disorders
a. Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Recreational Drugs)
b. Performance Enhancing Substances

E. Athletes with Disabilities
a. Physical Disabilities (Amputees, CP, SCI, Hearing Impaired, Visually Impaired, spina bifida, neuromuscular disease)
b. Cognitive Disabilities (Autism, Downs, Special Olympics)

SECTION 4 – SPECIFIC SPORTS
a. Baseball/Softball
b. Basketball
c. Cheerleading (Spirit)
d. Climbing
e. Crew/Rowing
f. Cross-County/Track
g. Cycling, Mountain biking, BMX
h. Dance
i. Diving
j. eSports
k. Fencing
l. Field Hockey
m. Figure Skating
n. Football
o. Golf
p. Gymnastics
q. Ice Hockey
r. Lacrosse
s. Mixed Martial Arts
t. Performing Arts (Instruments, Theater)
u. Rugby
v. Skateboarding
w. Skiing (DH, Nordic, Biathlon)/Snowboarding
x. Soccer
y. Surfing
z. Swimming

aa. Tennis
bb. Ultimate Frisbee
cc. Volleyball
dd. Wakeboarding/Water Skiing
ee. Water Polo
ff. Weightlifting
gg. Wrestling

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]