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    Especialización deportiva, horas de práctica y su relación con la incidencia de lesiones entre niños de 11 años integrantes de la pre-selección de baloncesto pre-mini de Puerto Rico
    (2015) Ramos-Ruiz, Ricardo; Quiñones, Carlos E.; College of Arts and Sciences - Arts; Canabal Torres, María Y.; Amaral Figueroa, Marta; Department of Kinesiology; Ortíz, Gloribell
    Basketball is one of the main sports in Puerto Rico. Every year thousands of children compete in different public and private organizations, including Puerto Rico’s Basketball Federation. However there aren’t many laws in the island to limit children participation in the sport, and help them prevent overtraining and overuse injuries. The purpose of this study is to identify the level of sport specialization and hours of training of Puerto Rico’s Nacional Basketball Team, mini category (11 years old), and identify if this factors can raise injury risks in this players. Participant for this study were 12 children of the Puerto Rico’s National Team, and 12 children of Carolina’s Sports School. All participants were 11 years old. The next instruments were used for the data recompilation: the three points Likert scale for sports specialization created by Jayanthi et al. (2014), the Youth Physical Activity Questionnaire (Telford, Salmon, Jolley, & Crawford, 2004), an injury inventory created by the author, and a Socio-demographic and Sports Survey. The Pearson r correlation method was used, but no significant relation was found between the level of sports specialization, hours of practice and the injury rate reported by the participants. However, the data collected from the national team participants, shows that they are exposing them self to hi loads of training and competition, that aren’t safe for children of their age. This kind of training without the proper rest, can lead to serious injuries and eventually an early retire of sport participation. Is important to educate parents and coaches about injury prevention and proper rest recommendations for children. Also to develop laws that protect children from overtraining, by limiting sports participation.