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The Relative Age Effect on Youth Sports Injuries

Andrea Stracciolini, Hilary Levey Friedman, Rebecca Casciano, David R. Howell, Dai Sugimoto, Lyle J. Micheli

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2016 · 16 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

These results demonstrate an RAE on youth sports injury risk in a cohort of pediatric athletes with sports-related injuries. These findings may be used to inform safe practices within sports participation among youth athletes.

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