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The development of physical characteristics in adolescent team sport athletes: A systematic review.

Lars M TingelstadTruls RaastadKevin TillLive Steinnes Luteberget
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Although both sexes consistently improved through adolescence, girls tended to have less pronounced physical development compared to boys, likely due to lower increase in lean mass and limb length. The existing evidence do not definitively establish whether team sports participation, compared to studies examining non-athletes, or training load have an additive effect on physical development during this period.
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