Week 2 - Sports Injuries in Childhood Flashcards
What are some benefits of children participating in sports?
Development of skills:
- Posture and balance
- Attention and memory
- Social skills
- Judging velocity, hand-eye co-ordination
Other
- Models for roles and responsibility
- Teamwork
- Self-esteem and mastert
What are some negative effects of sports
- Feelings of inadequacy
- Burn out
- Ugly parent syndrome
What are some implications for growth and development for kids in sport?
- Softer bones, more vulnerable to sheer - more likely avulsion #
- Vulnerable to extremes of temp
- Little difference in sexes until about 14
What are some of the NSCA guidelines for kids’ participation in sports?
1- A well designed resistance training program is relatively safe and acceptable for youth.
What are some common sports injuries for children?
Overuse injuries (50%) Fractures Joint injuries Muscle tendon injuries Concussion
How might you prevent injuries?
- Good training program
- Supervision
- Protective equipment
- Good environment, lighting and equipment
Define physical activity in children.
Any movement performed by the skeletal muscles and causes a significant increase in energy expenditure.
How might you assess physical activity and fitness in children?
- FITT
- Cardio-fitness (e.g. shuttle test)
- Flexibility (e.g. sit and reach)
- Muscular endurance
- Muscular strength
Describe incidence and prevalence of childhood obesity in Australia.
Info not actually given in the lecture.
How are physical activity levels different in kids with disabilities?
-Less active
-Less cardiovascular fitness
For CP - higher energy expenditure, earlier fatigue, more sendentary
How to improve physical activity and fitness in children?
- Encourage habitual active behaviours
- Involvement and community level, school, large scale etc.
- Make it fun!!
