Abstract

Purpose There has been a recent trend toward early sports specialization among youth athletes. A prior case-control clinic-based study showed specialization was an independent risk factor for injury in young athletes. However, this study included a mixture of athletes from a wide variety of sports and was not population-based. The primary goal of this study was to determine if specialized high school aged basketball players (play only basketball and train more than 8 months/year) have more sports-related injuries than their non-specialized peers (train more than 8 months/year in basketball but also …

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