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KINES 387

THE YOUNG ATHLETE: CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXERCISE, MEDICINE, AND ACTIVITY

2 credits.

Sports are a great way for children to stay physically active, but adults are changing sports in ways that impact children in negative ways. Focuses on how kids are different than adults in terms of their needs for exercise and physical activity. Topics include physical activity epidemiology, growth, maturation, and sport specialization. Additional focus on common orthopedic injuries in the adolescent and pediatric populations and how injuries in young athletes are treated.

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Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how sport and physical activity are related. As well as the pros and cons to sport participation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify common sport-related injuries in children and common treatments for those injuries. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify sport participation recommendations and apply these recommendations to determine appropriate sport participation levels in children. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the complex interaction between growth, maturation, and sport participation and how this impacts talent development in young athletes. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify key members of the pediatric care team as it relates to athletic healthcare. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how sport and physical activity are related. As well as the pros and cons to sport participation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify common sport-related injuries in children and common treatments for those injuries. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify sport participation recommendations and apply these recommendations to determine appropriate sport participation levels in children. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the complex interaction between growth, maturation, and sport participation and how this impacts talent development in young athletes. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify key members of the pediatric care team as it relates to athletic healthcare. Audience: Undergraduate

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