Youth Sports Safety Summit: Attending in Dual Role As Advocate, Member of Media
The Capital, Washington, D. C. MomsTeam's continuing mission from the day I launched the site in August 2000 has been to improve the safety of our young athletes and prevent catastrophic injury and...
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Third Annual Youth Sports Safety Summit - Washington D.C. read more
View ArticleExertional Sickling: Serious But Survivable If Prompt Action Taken
Yvette L. Coursey, DPA, talks about how sickle cell trait, ordinarily a relatively benign condition, can cause youth engaged in sustained, intense exercise to suffer a potentially life-threatening...
View ArticleGuidelines On Reducing, Preventing and Treating Exertional Sickling in Athletes
With summer sports seasons in full swing and preparation for fall sports participation and training beginning, there's no better time to revisit the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA)'s...
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Youth Sports Safety: By The Numbers
GeneralThere were 120 sports-related deaths of young athletes in 2008-2009; 49 in 2010; and 39 in 2011.1Approximately 8,000 children are treated in emergency rooms each day for sports-related...
View ArticleDoes Genetic Mutation Explain Why Only Some Sickle Cell Trait Athletes Suffer...
By Lorena Madrigal, PhD. Athletes sickle cell trait (SCT) athletes are at risk of suffering a potentially life-threatening condition called exertional sickling, with heat, dehydration, asthma,...
View ArticleSmartTeams Talk: Enacting Pro-Active Policies To Prevent Sudden Death in...
The Korey Stringer Institute and University of Connecticut's Douglas J. Casa, Ph.D., ATC argues that youth sports safety policies need to be developed and implemented by sports medicine...
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