RT Book, Section
A1 Patel, Dilip R.
A1 Pratt, Helen D.
A2 Patel, Dilip R.
A2 Greydanus, Donald E.
A2 Baker, Robert J.
SR Print(0)
ID 6972001
T1 Chapter 1. Child Neurodevelopment and Sport Participation
T2 Pediatric Practice: Sports Medicine
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149677-3
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6972001
RD 2024/04/19
AB Stories  of  child  prodigies,  who  began  to  learn  a  specific  sport  as  early  as  age  3,  may  encourage  parents  to  question  whether  or  not  they  too  should  be  enrolling  their  very  young  children  in  sport  training  programs.  This  raises  the  issue  of  neurodevelopmental  maturation  and  readiness  of  the  child  to  effectively  and  safely  engage  in  sports,  especially  competitive  sports.  This  chapter  reviews  the  definition  of  neurodevelopment,  normal  child  development  as  relevant  to  sport  participation,  and  sport  readiness.  The  discussion  is  limited  to  typically  developing  children.