RESUMO
Increased interest in and opportunities for participation in recreation and sports have brought sports medicine into physicians' offices as another phase of health care. At one time considered to be limited to treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, sports medicine today includes many other medical aspects of sports. A preparticipation health appraisal is mandatory before entry into strenuous activity programs. Annual physical appraisals are not necessary, however, when continuing health supervision and periodic reviews of illness and injury are used to reveal needs for prompt medical attention. Cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal capabilities must be included in the health examinations of athletes. School health personnel are important components of a scholastic sports medicine program because of their availability, their interest in all athletes, and the usefulness of their cumulative health records. Many physicians are sufficiently interested and qualified in sports medicine to serve as team physicians and be advisors on the health aspects of school or community youth sports programs.
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Papel do Médico , Papel (figurativo) , Medicina Esportiva , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Exame Físico , Aptidão Física , Serviços de Saúde EscolarAssuntos
Medicina Esportiva , Estudantes , Adolescente , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , New York , Exame Físico , EsportesRESUMO
Increased interest in physical fitness and widespread participation in sports by males and females makes sports medicine an important factor in most physicians' practices. Medical advice and treatment are more often sought by athletes and their families. Preadolescent athletes present special problems in sports because of their growth, development, and physical characteristics. Rules and regulations designed for adults are not always appropriate for young athletes. Chronologic age is not a suitable criterion for matching young contestants in competitive sports because adolescent growth and physical development vary. Boys and girls like competition and may safely and successfully participate when the special characteristics and potentials of growing children are taken into consideration in the planning of sports for youths.
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Adolescente , Medicina Esportiva , Criança , Feminino , Crescimento , Humanos , Masculino , Aptidão FísicaAssuntos
Exame Físico , Medicina Esportiva , Fatores Etários , Estatura , Criança , Desenvolvimento Infantil , Crescimento , Humanos , AnamneseAssuntos
Proteínas de Ligação a Tiroxina/deficiência , Tiroxina/sangue , Adolescente , Transtornos das Proteínas Sanguíneas/genética , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Hipotireoidismo/diagnóstico , Recém-Nascido , Doenças do Recém-Nascido/diagnóstico , Masculino , Programas de RastreamentoRESUMO
Twelve female age-group swimmers and twelve female controls, aged ten to sixteen, performed a pre-training discontinuous maximal cycle ergometer test to determine the capacities of their anaerobic (alactacid and lactacid) and aerobic energy systems. Heart rate and oxygen uptake were determined during rest, exercise, and recovery. Blood samples were collected before and after exercise for determination of blood lactic acid concentrations. Tests were readministered to both groups immediately following the swimmers' competitive season. It was concluded that female swimmers possess significantly superior oxygen transport systems as compared to the untrained controls and that the high level of aerobic fitness is maintained throughout their training programme.
