title: The Sports Physical.
abstract: This chapter discusses the preparticipation examination and outlines its components. Sports participation history and physical forms recently published by the Sports Medicine Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics are provided. The author stresses the importance of performing a musculoskeletal assessment as part of the sports physical, and describes the "two-minute orthopedic examination."
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dyment