ea0032p803 | Paediatric endocrinology | ECE2013
Piskin Etem
, Bayraktaroglu Taner
, Yamaner Faruk
, Gumus Mustafa
, Tamer Kemal
Introduction: Adolescence is a crucial period for linear growth, and sports training during this time may have positive or negative effects on some physiological processes as growth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of intense training during somatic growth on the onset of puberty and growth development in adolescent wrestlers.Description of methods/design: Fifty adolescent male wrestlers and 21 sedentary healthy male controls aged 13...