ABSTRACT
Injuries in children more commonly involve damage to bone than injuries in adults. This chapter presents a description of both traumatic and stress injuries to the skeleton that can occur in children. Descriptions of injuries to long bones, growth plates, the spine, joints, and tendon-bone attachments are accompanied by a brief statement of the causes (aetiology) of the common sites of occurrence, and likely outcomes. Particular attention is paid to injuries to the growth plates of the long bones and vertebrae in view of the effect they can have on future development.
