TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 9. Special Considerations for the Female Athlete
A1  - Greydanus, Donald E.
A1  - Tsitsika, Artemis K.
A2  - Patel, Dilip R.
A2  - Greydanus, Donald E.
A2  - Baker, Robert J.
PY  - 2009
T2  - Pediatric Practice: Sports Medicine
AB  - Over  the  course  of  the  20th  century,  the  adolescent  female  athletes  became  an  important  participant  in  the  sports  environment  around  the  world.1  Women  were  banned  from  the  first  Modern  Olympics  in  1896,  but  now  make  up  a  significant  part  of  the  Olympic  games  and  not  infrequently  outshine  the  men.  Beyond  athletic  competition  and  sporting  events,  the  proven  benefits  of  physical  exercise  on  somatic  and  mental  health  are  numerous;  thus,  adolescent  females  should  be  encouraged  to  participate  in  sport  activities.  This  chapter  reviews  selected  aspects  of  the  adolescent  female  athletes  that  include  stress  urinary  incontinence,  breast  injuries,  pregnancy  and  exercise,  menstrual  dysfunction,  and  the  female  athlete  triad  Box  9-1.  Iron  deficiency  anemia  is  increased  in  female  athletes  versus  males  and  is  discussed  in  the  hematology  chapter.  An  overview  of  the  physiology  of  the  female  athletes  is  considered  at  this  time.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6973764
ER  -