Publications & Resources

Healthy Active Living and Sports Medicine

Position statements
Sport Spot from the Paediatric Sports and Exercise Medicine Section

Position statements

• HAL12-01 Evaluation and management of children and adolescents with sports-related concussion
  
  
• HAL11-01 Boxing participation by children and adolescents (pdf format)
  
  
• HAL10-01 Physical activity recommendations for children with specific chronic health conditions: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, hemophilia, asthma and cystic fibrosis (pdf format)
  
  
• IP07-01 Trampoline use in homes and playgrounds (pdf format)
  
  
• HAL06-01 Identification and management of children with sport-related concussion (pdf format)
  
  
• HAL02-01 Healthy active living for children and youth (pdf format) (revision in progress)

Sport Spot from the Paediatric Sports and Exercise Medicine Section

• Causes and prevention of low back pain in young athletes (pdf format) October 2009
  
  
• Exercise and febrile illnesses (pdf format) December 2007
  
  
• Ankle sprains in the paediatric athlete (pdf format) February 2007
  
  
• Sports readiness in children and youth (pdf format) July/August 2005 (Reaffirmed April 2010)

For information on sports medicine physicians, consult What Is A Sport Medicine Physician?

Last updated: January 2012