Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction in major league baseball pitchers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-581

  Gibson, Brett W ^a   Webner, David ^a   Huffman, G Russell ^a   Sennett, Brian J ^a  

^a Penn Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Injury; Overuse; Pitcher; Ulnar collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASEBALL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULNA COLLATERAL LIGAMENT;

ADULT; BASEBALL; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

EID: 34250731163     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506296737     Document Type: Review

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