IOC consensus statement on elite youth athletes competing at the Olympic Games: essentials to a healthy, safe and sustainable paradigm.

Autor:	Bergeron MF; Performance Health, WTA Women's Tennis Association, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA mbergeron@wtatennis.com.; Health Sciences, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA., Côté J; School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Jamaica, Canada., Cumming SP; Department of Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK., Purcell R; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia., Armstrong N; Childrens Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK., Basilico L; World Skate, Maison du Sport International, Lausanne, Switzerland., Burrows K; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Charrin JB; Corporate and Sustainable Development Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Felix A; Athletes' Commission, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Groesswang H; International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF), Salzburg, Austria., Iwasaki Y; Anti-Doping, Medical and Scientific Commission, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Anshinkai Anshin Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan., Kocher MS; Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Martowicz M; Corporate and Sustainable Development Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., McConnell K; Sports Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Moran J; Medical Commission, International Skating Union, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Holm Moseid C; Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Institute of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway., Mountjoy M; Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Soligard T; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Tetelbaum E; Sports Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Thiel A; President, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany., Vertommen T; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Expertise Center People and Well-being, Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium., Viseras G; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Budgett R; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Engebretsen L; Medical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland., Erdener U; Medical and Scientific Commission, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	British journal of sports medicine [Br J Sports Med] 2024 Sep 04; Vol. 58 (17), pp. 946-965. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 04.
DOI:	10.1136/bjsports-2024-108186
Abstrakt:	With the pronounced ongoing growth of global youth sports, opportunities for and participation of youth athletes on the world sports stage, including the Olympic Games, are expected to escalate. Yet, adolescence is a vulnerable period of development and inherently dynamic, with non-linear and asynchronous progression of physical, physiological, psychological and social attributes. These non-concurrent changes within and between individuals are accompanied by irregular and unpredictable threats and impediments. Likewise, the evident age-based criteria and conventional path for those youth athletes deemed eligible candidates for the Olympic Games are not well or consistently defined. Furthermore, the unstructured and largely varying policies and practices across the sporting International Federations specific to youth participation underscore the need to establish a contemporary universal paradigm that would enable elite youth athletes to navigate an individualised healthy pathway to personal, athletic and sport success. First, we reviewed and summarised key challenges facing elite youth athletes and the relevant evidence fundamental to facilitating and supporting central aspects of health and well-being, while empowering safe, sustainable and positive engagement during athletic and personal advancement and competition. Second, we developed and present a modern elite youth athlete model that emphasises a child-centred, practical framework with corresponding guidelines and recommendations to protect health and well-being while safely and favourably managing international sport competition. Our proposed evidence-informed paradigm will enable and support individualised pathways for healthy, well-rounded and sustainable positive engagement while achieving sport success for youth contending or aiming to compete at world-class international sporting events. Competing Interests: Competing interests: MM is a Deputy Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and a member of the Editorial Board of the Injury Prevention and Health Promotion editions. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
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