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CHOP researchers have found that the number of golf cart-related injuries have risen steadily over the past decade, as the use of golf carts has increased.
Published on in Health Tip of the Week
Prepare your student for pre-season athletic training with proper conditioning using stretching exercises.
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A CHOP Sports Medicine physician shares advice as youth athletes return to competitive fall sports after time away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A drug discovered by CHOP researchers is currently in a phase 3 clinical trial and targets the pathological process that leads to excess bone growth in FOP.
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After a year of pandemic lockdowns, high school athletes are getting injured. The Philadelphia Inquirer asked CHOP experts for advice on how to safely return to play.
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Bone stress injuries are common overuse injuries that often strike young female athletes, and can take them out of the game, studio or gym for months. Naomi Brown, MD, talks about relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and its connection to stress fractures.
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Large study provides head impact sensor analysis across four sports and both genders, a first for basketball and field hockey.
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Two recent papers from the Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) were recognized with awards by the International Congress of Early Onset Scoliosis (ICEOS) and the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).
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It goes without saying that the year 2020 was like no other for our nation, and it was no exception for the Division of Orthopaedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
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When A.L. was 11 years old, he complained of pain in his left hip. The pain subsided, but a week and a half later, A.L. came home crying and barely able to walk. The pain in his hip had become “excruciating.”