
Injury Prevention
- Prevention of Pediatric Overuse Injuries
- Best Practice Recommendations for Youth Sports Leagues
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Preventing Sports-Related Injuries
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Learn It, Share It, Go For It, Preventing Overuse Injuries
- ACSM Fit Society: Youth Sports and Physical Activity (pdf)
- The Young Athlete: Challenges of Growth, Development, and Society
- CDC: Sports Safety
- CDC HEADS UP to Youth Sports
Osteoarthritis
NATA Resources
Additional Position/Consensus Statements
- The Role of Athletic Trainers in Preventing and Managing Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis in Physically Active Populations: a consensus statement of the Athletic Trainers’ Osteoarthritis Consortium (pdf)
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Consensus Opinion - Best Practice Features of Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Lower Limb Injury Prevention Programs
- OARSI Guidelines for the Non-Surgical Management of Knee Osteoarthritis (pdf)
- American College of Rheumatology 2012 Recommendations for the Use of Nonpharmacological and Pharmacological Therapies in Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee (pdf)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon – Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip
- Osteoarthritis Prevention & Management in Primary Care
Additional Resources
- Practical Pain Management: Chronic Overuse Sports Injuries
- A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis
- Athletic Trainers’ Osteoarthritis Consortium
- Osteoarthritis | Basics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- ATOAC Webinar Series
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Lunch and Learn Webinars
- Experts in Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Resources
Pediatric Considerations
NATA Position Statements
NATA Resources
- The Epidemiology of Overuse Conditions in Youth FB and High School FB players
- Understanding Athlete Burnout and Mental Health Infographic
) - NATA Now Blog: Burnout in Athletes
- The Power of Sleep Infographic (pdf)
Stress Injuries
Nata resources
- JAT: the epidemiology of stress fracture in collegiate student athletes
- JAT: risk factors for mtss in active individuals
- Shin splints/stress fracture infographic
- The risk of overuse injuries infographic
Additional resources
- aaos stress fractures
- aofas stress fracture
- acsm sports medicine basics: stress fractures
- acsm: stress fractures in the female athlete
- sports health: stress fracture treatment and prevention
- sports health: don't miss the signs of a stress fracture
- sports health: prevent stress fractures
Other Medical Conditions
Diabetes
NATA Position Statements
NATA Resources
Additional Position/Consensus Statements
- ACSM Position Stand: Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes
- ACSM and ADA Joint Position Statement on Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes'
Additional Resources
- CDC: Physical Activity and Diabetes
- CDC: Type 2 Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Basics
- American Diabetes Association
- American Diabetes Association: Children and Type 2 Diabetes
- ADA: Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes Mellitus
Osteoporosis
Additional Resources
- Sports Med Today: Exercise and Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis and Exercise(pdf)
- ACSM: Exercise for Osteoporosis Prevention
- American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Osteoporosis and exercise.
- Prescription4Exercise: Osteoporosis Recommendation
- International Osteoporosis Foundation: Exercise Recommendations
- ACSM's Certified News: Women's Health: The Best Strength Training Program for Osteoporosis Prevention (pdf)
- ACSM: Exercising with Osteoporosis: Prescription for Health
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Additional Resources
- Experts in Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Arthritis (pdf)
- Treating the Athlete: New Thoughts on How to Prevent & Treat Arthritis in Athletes & Raise Their Awareness
- Arthritis Foundation: Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation
- American College of Rheumatology: Exercise and Arthritis
- Exercising with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Additional Resources/Position Statements
Burnout
- ACSM Health and Fitness: Overtraining in Young Athletes. How much is too much?
- AMSSM Position Statement: Overuse Injuries and Burnout in Youth Sports, 2014
Sport Specialization
- NSCA: Early Sport Specialization vs Diversification in Youth Athletes
- US Youth Soccer: Are Kids Specializing in Sports too early?
- Early Sport Specialization: Roots, Effectiveness, Risks
Sleep
- NCAA: Sleep and Performance
- NYSHSI: How Important is Sleep for My Young Athlete
- Gatorade Sports Science Institute: Sleep and Athletes
- NFHS: Sleep. An Underrated Player in Athletic Performance