ADOLESCENCE AND SPORTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ADOLESCENT PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS -- SECTION ONE: YOUTH AND SPORTS -- PSYCHOSOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN YOUTH SPORTS: AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT -- Early adolescence -- Middle adolescence -- Late adolescence -- PUBERTY -- Precocious puberty -- Delayed puberty -- OVERTRAINING -- CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY -- INTRINSIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SPORTPARTICIPATION EXPERIENCE -- EXTRINSIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SPORTPARTICIPATION EXPERIENCE -- Parents -- Coaches -- Peers -- Media -- PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INJURY -- COMPETITIVE STRESS AND ANXIETY -- DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION -- SUBSTANCE ABUSE -- AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SPORTS DOPING: USE OF DRUGS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS (AAS) -- DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE (DHEA) -- ANDROSTENEDIONE -- CREATINE -- PROTEIN AND AMINO ACIDS -- ANTIOXIDANTS -- MINERALS -- MISCELLANEOUS SUBSTANCES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ABUSE OF GROWTH HORMONE BY ATHLETES -- INTRODUCTION -- PHYSIOLOGY -- The hypothalamo-pituitary-growth hormone-IGF-1 axis (HPG-IGF-1 axis) -- Human Growth Hormone (hGH) -- ADVERSE EFFECTS OF GH USE AND ABUSE -- DETECTION OF hGH DOPING -- The isoform method (the differential immunoassay method) -- The growth hormone dependent marker measurement method -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN YOUNG ATHLETES: IMPACT AND LIMITATIONS OF PREPARTICIPATION SCREENING -- INTRODUCTION -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- CAUSES OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH -- PHYSIOLOGY AND REMODELING -- PRE-PARTICIPATION CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING -- History and physical examination (H&P) -- Electrocardiogram -- 2D-ECHOCARDIOGRAM (ECHO) -- GENETICS -- EXERCISE STRESS TESTING -- OTHER TESTS.

ON SITE USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDS) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SPORT PARTICIPATION BY ADOLESCENTS WHOHAVE HYPERTENSION -- INTRODUCTION -- EXERCISE AND BLOOD PRESSURE -- Mechanism of reduction of blood pressure with exercise -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND EXERCISE -- PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- BACK PAIN IN ADOLESCENT ATHLETES -- INTRODUCTION -- MUSCULOTENDINOUS AND LIGAMENTOUS INJURY -- PSYCHOSOMATIC BACK PAIN -- STRUCTURAL DEFECTS OF THE SPINE -- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis -- Scoliosis -- Kyphosis -- OTHER CAUSES OF BACK PAIN -- Slipped spinal disc -- Discitis and osteomyelitis -- Spinal tumors -- Ankylosing spondylitis (Marie Strümpell spondylitis) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ANKLE SPRAINS -- INTRODUCTION -- MECHANISMS OF ANKLE SPRAIN -- EVALUATION -- History -- Examination -- Imaging studies -- Associated injuries -- MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- KNEE INJURIES IN ADOLESCENT ATHLETES -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERUSE INJURIES -- IDIOPATHIC ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN -- Mechanism -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- OSGOOD-SCHLATTER DISEASE -- Mechanism -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- SINDING-LARSEN-JOHANSSON SYNDROME -- Mechanism -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of knee -- Mechanism -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- ACUTE KNEE INJURIES -- Medial collateral ligament injuries -- Anterior cruciate ligament injuries -- Medial meniscus tear -- Patellar dislocation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CRICKET INJURIES -- INTRODUCTION -- DEMANDS OF THE SPORT -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- INJURIES -- PREVENTION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- MARTIAL ARTS INJURIES IN YOUTH -- INTRODUCTION -- DEMANDS OF THE SPORT -- INJURIES -- PREVENTION OF INJURIES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

OVERUSE INJURIES IN ADOLESCENT ATHLETES -- INTRODUCTION -- DIAGNOSIS -- MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY AND LOWER EXTREMITY STRESS FRACTURES IN YOUNGFEMALE ATHLETES -- INTRODUCTION -- SEARCH STRATEGY -- ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY -- Incidence -- Mechanism of injury -- Biomechanics of injury -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prevention -- LOWER EXTREMITY STRESS FRACTURES -- Incidence -- Biomechanics -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Prevention -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION TWO: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- Dilip R Patel, MD, FAAP, FSAM, FAACPDM, FACSM, -- Donald E. Greydanus, MD, FAAP, FSAM, FIAP (H) -- Hatim A Omar, MD, FAAP, -- Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, -- ABOUT THE DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES -- COLLABORATIONS -- THE VISION -- TARGET AREAS OF INTERESTS -- CONTACT -- ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HUMAN MEDICINE, MSU/KALAMAZOO CENTER FOR MEDICAL STUDIES, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES -- MISSION AND SERVICE -- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- CONTACT -- ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL -- MISSION -- SERVICE AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES -- RESEARCH ACTIVITIES -- NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS -- TARGETS -- CONTACT -- ABOUT THE BOOK SERIES "HEALTH ANDHUMAN DEVELOPMENT" -- CONTACT -- INDEX.