title: [Bone maturation and osteoarticular lesions in top level sportsmen. Apropos of 105 cases].
abstract: At the time of the European Gymnastics Championships (Lyon, 1980), X-rays of the left wrist were taken in 105 high level junior athletes. Most importantly, we found a delay in bone age in 73% of the boys and in 78% of the girls, which is probably related to an unbalanced diet and to repeated micro-trauma to the growing epiphyses. In particular, we observed traumatic lesions at the distal extremity of the radius with considerable frequency (83% of gymnasts). They are sometimes accompanied by cubital lesions and they are due to an increased fragility in the epiphyso-metaphyseal region due to the delay in bone maturation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001846:Bone Development; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013177:Sports
vernacular_title: Etude de la maturation osseuse et des lésions ostéo-articulaires des sportifs de haut niveau. A propos de 105 cas.