Scoliosis in swimmers.
The high-repetition nature of competitive swimming causes imbalances of musculature in the adolescent athlete. Scoliosis as a musculoskeletal condition of the adolescent can be detected in high incidence among swimmers owing to the training phenomenon.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000293:Adolescent; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013131:Spine / Q000254:growth & development; D013550:Swimming