01473nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001100001300042700001700055700001600072700001300088245013300101250001500234300000700249490000700256520098900263020005101252       2016                            d1 aMcKay D.1 aBroderick C.1 ade Silva V.1 aSwain M.00aDoes high level youth sports participation increase the risk of femoroacetabular impingement? A review of the current literature  a2016/03/13  a160 v143 a<p>
Sports participation can be an integral part of adolescent development with numerous positive short and long-term effects. Despite these potential benefits very high levels of physical activity, during skeletal maturation, have been proposed as a possible cause of cam-type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). The influence of physical activity on the developing physis has been previously described both in animal studies and epidemiological studies of adolescent athletes. It is therefore important to determine whether the development of FAI is secondary to excessive physical activity or a combination of a vulnerable physis and a set level of physical activity. A review of the current literature suggests that adolescent males participating in ice-hockey, basketball and soccer, training at least three times a week, are at greater risk than their non-athletic counterparts of developing the femoral head-neck deformity associated with femoroacetabular impingement.
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