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More than 7 million high school students participate in sports each year, making the preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) one of the most commonly performed examinations. Over the last decade, the PPE has evolved to allow physicians to provide consistent, high-quality examinations nationwide. In the early 1990s, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine formed the Preparticipation Examination Task Force to standardize the conduct and content of these examinations. In 1992, the Task Force...