The pediatric overhead athlete: What is the real problem?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Sciascia, Aaron ^a   Kibler, W Ben ^a  

^a Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Injury; Pediatric overhead athletes; Should

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TENNIS;

EID: 33845460055     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000251182.44206.3b     Document Type: Review

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