title: [The ideal age for starting sportive practice].
abstract: The authors analyse the benefits of physical activities for the different systems of the organism. They discuss four basic phases of the human being as to of his motor and physical development since his birth until the end of puberty. The physical activities that should be performed in each one of these phases are described.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Carazzato
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013177:Sports; D013178:Sports Medicine
vernacular_title: A idade ideal para o início da prática esportiva.