title: FREQUENCY OF WRIST GROWTH PLATE INJURY IN YOUNG GYMNASTS AT A TRAINING CENTER.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the frequency of physeal injuries and wrist pain in young competitive gymnasts according to their training characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study (January-June 2015) of a male gymnastics team in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Nineteen gymnasts, mean age 13.3 years, were evaluated in three ways: a questionnaire, physical examination and radiographs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On average, they trained since 6 years-old and during hours per week. Eighty-two percent had wrist pain and 65% had wrist physeal injury. The pain was worse in practitioners of (82%) and soil (17%) exercises. A greater frequency of physeal injury was found in those with more years of training and higher weekly working hours, wrist pain was more frequent in those with higher weekly working hours, and a decreased range of motion was observed in those with physeal injury, results statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that 65% of gymnasts had wrist physeal injury and 82% had wrist pain. There were statistically significant relationships between physeal injury and years of training, physeal injury and weekly working hours, pain and weekly working hours, and physeal injury and range of motion.Level of Evidence IV, Case Series.
authors.affiliation: . Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: María Roxana Viamont
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.affiliation: . Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jose Renato Depari
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Estelles
authors.affiliation: . Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Yussef Ali
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Abdouni
authors.affiliation: . Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diego Figueira
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Falcochio
authors.affiliation: . Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Joao Roberto Polydoro
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: . Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Department of Pediatrics, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liane Hulle
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Catani
keywords: Adolescent; Athletic Injuries; Child; Wrist