title: Sports Participation in Children and Adolescents with Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP).
abstract: We surveyed 278 pediatric hematologists/oncologists regarding how children with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) are counseled for participation in sports. Results show substantial variation in physician perception of contact risk for different sports, and the advice offered about restriction of sport activities of affected children. Many physicians recommend restriction of sports when platelet counts are under 50 × 10(9) /L. Such restriction may affect the child's quality of life despite their having an overall benign disease.
authors.affiliation: Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Manjusha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Michele P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Breakey
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.affiliation: The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neier
authors.affiliation: Dana-Faber/Boston Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Ellis J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Neufeld
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kempert
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Regents, Augusta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Cindy E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Neunert
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Kerri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nottage
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Klaassen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054874:Athletic Performance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: ITP; bleeding; platelet count; sports