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Compared to healthy gymnasts, those who experienced \u22652 episodes of tendon injuries and tibial injuries practiced fewer hours\/week in the past year (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.05); those with \u22652 episodes of back injuries and tibial injuries had higher body mass; while those with \u22652 episodes of Achilles tendon injuries had lower body mass (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.05).\n                      <jats:italic>Prepubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      gymnasts had a lower prevalence of \u22652 episodes of back injuries, suspected spondylolysis, and hip injuries compared to\n                      <jats:italic>pre\u2010to\u2010postpubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>postpubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      gymnasts (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u2009.001, &lt;.001, .028, respectively);\n                      <jats:italic>postpubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      gymnasts had a lower prevalence of \u22652 episodes of Achilles and patellar tendon injuries and tibial injuries compared to\n                      <jats:italic>prepubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>pre\u2010to\u2010postpubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      gymnasts (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.034, .010, .028, respectively).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      High prevalence and high IR\/1000\u2009hours of practice were found in injured gymnasts mainly at baseline and after 1\u2009year. Compared to healthy gymnasts, those with \u22652 episodes of injuries practiced less the past year year and differed in body mass.\n                      <jats:italic>Prepubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      gymnasts had a lower prevalence of \u22652 episodes of injuries such as back injuries, compared to\n                      <jats:italic>pre\u2010to\u2010postpubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      and compared with\n                      <jats:italic>postpubertal<\/jats:italic>\n                      gymnasts. Professional trainers and medical teams should be aware of important data regarding common diagnosis of injuries in female gymnasts.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/pmrj.70155","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,22]],"date-time":"2026-05-22T04:09:04Z","timestamp":1779422944000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Injury screening for young competitive female gymnasts: A 2\u2010year follow\u2010up"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Nili","family":"Steinberg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Academic college Levinsky\u2010Wingate, Wingate Campus  Netanya Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liav","family":"Elbaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Academic college Levinsky\u2010Wingate, Wingate Campus  Netanya Israel"},{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, 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