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Considerations for the Youth Athlete Flashcards

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At what age do children have limited fundamental motor skills and balance system integration?

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2-5

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At what age do children have Visual system still developing (difficulty tracking and judging moving objects)?

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2-5

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At what ages do children have short attention spans?

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2-5

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At what age do children learn by exploitation, experimentation, and mimicking?

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2-5

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What are some good things to do with 2-5 year olds?

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Fundamental skill development with little instruction

Emphasize unorganized and organized play rather than competition/rules

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At which age do kids start showing Integration of transitional skills (throwing accuracy/scale)?

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6-9

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At which age do children have more automatic balance and posture?

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6-9

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At which age do kids have short attention spans and limited rapid decision making?

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6-9

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At which age are there small gender differences?

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6-9

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What are some things to modify in games with 6-9 year olds?

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Promote success and participation
Simple sports with flexible rules
Short instruction time and more free practice

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At what age do kids have the ability to master complex motor skills?

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10-12

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At which age do kids have selective attention?

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10-12

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At what age are kids able to understand strategies and rules for organized sports?

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10-12

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Which modifications are good to make for kids ages 10-12?

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Promote sports participation, skill development, and sport strategy
Begin more complex sports (football, basketball, hockey)

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At what age is there a distinct gender split?

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12-16

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At which age do kids reach their maximum height, weight, and muscle growth ?

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12-16

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At which ages should sports become more specialized?

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12-16

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What are 3 ways of tracking growth?

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Radiographic evidence
Tanner staging
Peak height velocity

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Which sex has a higher BMR and aerobic capacity?

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Males

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20
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When is a female’s peak flexibility?

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15

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21
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How do you measure flexibility?

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Beighton scale

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VO2 max (increases/decreases) with age

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Increases

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True or false; kids have a higher stroke volume

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False

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True or false; kids have a higher heart rate

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True

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True or false; kids have a higher tidal volume

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False

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True or false; kids have a higher respiratory rate

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True

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True or false; kids have less efferent energy source

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True- they utilize fat more than glycogen or glucose

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True or false; kids have an exponentially more intense response to endurance training

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False; blunted response

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True or false; kids have a decreased ability to generate aerobic energy

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False; they rely on oxidative system and have decreased ability to generate anaerobic energy

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At high temperatures, kids sweat (more/less)

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Less

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Kids can acclimatize (faster/slower) to new environments

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Slower

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Kids have (more/less) surface area to mass ratio

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More

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True or false; in kids, muscle often fails long before bone

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False; bone is the weak link

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34
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Do bones ossify distal to proximal or proximal to distal?

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Distal to proximal

35
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What is a torus fracture?

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Buckle fracture
Caused by compression
Usually on distal radius
Treated with 3 weeks of closed reduction

36
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What is a green stick fracture?

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Tensile forces cause cracking
Treated with closed reduction with cast 3-8 weeks
Treated with open reduction with percutaneous pinning

37
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What is plastic deformation ?

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Bones bowing rather than breaking under tensile forces

Treated with reduction with a slow unbending of the bone, or controlled completion of the fracture

38
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What is an avulsion fracture?

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Tension/ligament pulls off a piece of the bone

39
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What is a spiral fracture?

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Twisting injury
High suspicion of abuse
Common in preschool children who fall short distances onto an extended leg
Cast it above an below the joint

40
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What is a stress fracture?

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Overuse injury to the bone , it cant withstand loads

Females >males

41
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Where are some common sites for stress fractures in kids?

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Pars
Tibia
Femur
Metatarsals

42
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Your patient is a gymnast complaining of pain at L4-5. Upon examination, you find:
Pain with extension and unilateral standing extension test
Bony tenderness
HS mm spasm
Step off with with anterior slippage

What could be the diagnosis?

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A pars interarticularis defect

43
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Which Salter-Harris classification involves a separation through the physis, usually through areas of hypertrophic and degenerating cartilage cell columns?

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Type 1

44
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Which Salter-Harris classification involves a fracture through a portion of the physis that extends through the metaphyses?

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Type 2

45
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Which Salter-Harris classification involves a fracture through a portion of the physis that extends through the epiphysis and into the joint?

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Type 3

46
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Which Salter-Harris classification involves a fracture across the metaphysis, physis, and epiphysis?

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Type 4

47
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Which Salter-Harris classification involves a crush injury to the physis?

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Type 5

48
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Which Salter-Harris classifications are treated conservatively?

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Types 1 and 2

49
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Concussion should be suspected in the presence of what signs?

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Symptoms- headache
Physical symptoms- unsteadiness
Impaired brain function- confusion
Abnormal behavior- change in personality

50
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What are the 4 categories of common concussion symptoms?

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Physical, cognitive, emotional, sleep

51
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The Child Scat 3, King Devik Test, and ImPACT all test for what?

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Concussion

52
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What is traction apophysitis?

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repetitive forces of pull at the sites of tendon-bone

interface

53
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What are the causes of apophysistis?

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◦ Bone growth exceeds muscle-tendon length
◦ Sports increases force generation of attached mm
◦ Abnormal mechanics
◦ Inefficient technique

54
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Pt is a 14 year old who just started playing high school football complaining of gradual onset of pain without a specific history of injury. He experiences pain on palpation, contraction, and activity. He experiences a decrease in pain with rest.
Imaging reveals a widening at growth centers.
What is his diagnosis?

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Apophysitis

55
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What treatments are appropriate for someone with apophysitis?

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◦ Education
◦ Protect apophysis/bracing helpful
◦ Correct underlying flexibility and strength deficits
◦ Movement/Technique training

56
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What is Osgood-Schlatter disease?

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Tibial tuberosity apophysitis due to pull of the quadriceps/patella tendon

57
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Pt is a 13 year old girl in track and field complaining of pain over the tibial tuberosity. You observe swelling and quad and hamstring tightness.
What is her diagnosis?

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Osgood-schlatter disease

58
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How do you treat Osgood-Schlatter disease?

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Monitor overall load
Modalities and NSAIDs for pain control   
Patella tendon taping/strapping   
Stretching of quads/HS/HF/PF’s   
Strength to LE (pain free)   
NM control/Mechanics training
59
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What is Sever’s disease?

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Calcaneal Traction apophysitis

60
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What is the most common pediatric overuse injury?

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Sever’s disease

61
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Pt is an 8 year old boy complaining of bilateral pain in his posterior heels what gets worse with running and jumping. Upon examination, (+) squeeze test, heel cord tightness and weak ankle dorsiflexors.
What is his diagnosis?

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Sever’s disease

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How do you treat Sever’s disease?

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Relative/Active rest
◦ Severe cases: may require intermittent use of CAM boot

Modalities and NSAID’s   
Role for heel cups, pads or OTC orthotics   
Heel cord stretching   
Ankle and LE strengthening   
Movement coordination
63
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Pt is an adolescent female complaining of dull, diffuse, achy anterior knee pain that gets worse with prolonged sitting, squatting, and stair negotiation. Upon examination you observe her patella is very mobile.
What is her diagnosis?

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Patella femoral pain syndrome

64
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What is juvenile osteochondritis dissecans?

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Subchondral bone delamination and localized necrosis

65
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What is a discoid meniscus?

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Anatomical variant in meniscus shape where the meniscus covers most of the tibial plateau

66
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What are the timelines for post surgical patella dislocation rehab?

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◦ PWB (1 week) in extension
◦ ROM: 90 degrees by weeks 2/3; 130 by week 4/5
◦ CKC muscle function
◦ OKC strength at 8 weeks

Gradual Return to unrestricted sports at 24 weeks

67
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What age is most at risk of developmental hip dysplasia/ dislocation?

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0-2

68
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Which gender is more at risk of developmental hip dysplasia/dislocation?

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Females

69
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What age is most at risk of legg calve perthes disease?

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3-10

70
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Which gender is most at risk of legg calve perthes disease?

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Males

71
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Which gender and age are most at risk for a slipped capital femoral epiphysis?

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Males 13-15

72
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Pt is a 13 year old male complaining of pain with slippage. He states he is beginning to limp. He is tall and thin. Upon examination, he has no fixed flexion deformity, but he is hyperextended and positioned in external rotation.
What is his diagnosis?

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SCFE

73
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Pt is a 6 year old male of average size. He is not experiencing pain, but has started limping for a few days. Upon examination, he has a fixed flexion deformity.
What is his diagnosis?

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Legg calve perthes disease

74
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How would you treat legg calve perthes disease following surgery or with a non surgical approach?

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PWB for 4-6 weeks
◦ FWB after evidence of callus
Strengthen hip abd/ext
ROM- IR and flexion

Non surgical
◦ Bilateral Hip Spica Cast

75
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What are the components of Little League Elbow?

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◦ Medial epicondle apophysitis/avulsion
◦ Panner’s Disease
◦ Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) of the Capitellum
◦ UCL Sprains/tears

76
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Pt presents with:
◦ Gradual, pain associated with throwing
◦ TTP to lateral prox humerus (most common finding)
◦ Pain/weakness with resistive testing (ER > IR)
◦ Radiographs: widening of the proximal humeral physis

What are the possible diagnoses?

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Little League (Thrower’s) Shoulder

  • Proximal Humeral Physeal Stress Injury (epiphysiolysis)
  • Proximal humeral apophysitis (more rare)
77
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What is the most common elbow pain in adolescents?

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Osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum (OCD)

78
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How do you treat medial epicondyle apophysitis?

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Sling immobilization

Progressive return

79
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How do you treat osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum?

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Immobilization until asymptomatic

80
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What is panner’s disease?

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Necrosis of the ossification center of the capitellum followed by regeneration and recalcification

81
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What is the most common cause of elbow pain in children 7-10?

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Panner’s disease

82
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How do you treat a UCL sprain/ grade 1 or 2 tear?

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Short immobilization

Progressive return

83
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___% of throwing energy comes from the legs and tunk

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50

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