Age and sex differences of pediatric overuse injuries presenting to outpatient sports medicine clinic.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate pediatric overuse injuries in children presenting to outpatient sports medicine clinic and to examine age and sex differences affecting clinical presentation of these injuries. METHODS: IRB approval was received from Nationwide Children's Hospital for this study. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients between 5 and 18 years-of-age, presenting with musculoskeletal complaints from January 2012 to December 2017. Data on age, sex, injury diagnosis, mechanism of …