Apples to Oranges: Inconsistencies in Defining and Classifying Youth Sport Populations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rehabilitation, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida.
² Department of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, Waltham, Massachusetts.
⁵ Children's National Hospital, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁶ School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and.
⁷ Sports Medicine and Movement Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

Editorial

Lauren Butler et al. Clin J Sport Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;33(1):1-4.

doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001038. Epub 2022 May 10.

¹ Department of Rehabilitation, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida.
² Department of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, Waltham, Massachusetts.
⁵ Children's National Hospital, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁶ School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and.
⁷ Sports Medicine and Movement Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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