Growth, Maturation and Health Profiles of Youth Triathletes; Associations with Training Load, Injury and Illness
Alison S Fitch, Jocelyn Mara, Gordon Waddington · 2025
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Alison Fitch, Jocelyn Mara, and Gordon Waddington profile young triathletes entering a national training network in Australia. They tracked athletes aged twelve to eighteen for a year before entry. The team recorded health history, height, weight, and arm span, and estimated bone age and the timing of each athlete's fastest growth. For ten weeks they also logged training load and weekly health complaints.
Growth spurts came later than in the general population, while bone age ran ahead of true age in both sexes. Athletes further past their growth spurt reported worse health problems overall, and boys fared worse than girls. Illness struck more often than injury and cost more lost time. Swimming carried the highest training load of the three sports. The authors urge coaches to track growth closely and balance training so young athletes stay healthy as they develop.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alison S Fitch, Jocelyn Mara, Gordon Waddington |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |