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Some athletes are immature…skeletally
  1. Michael K Drew1,2,3,4
  1. 1Department of Physical Therapies, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia
  2. 2Faculty of Health and Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
  3. 3Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University, Australia
  4. 4Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Michael K Drew, Department of Physical Therapies, Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Sports Commission, Leverrier Cr, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia; michael.drew{at}ausport.gov.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-094660

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