Spectrum of shoulder injuries in the baseball pitcher

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Ouellette, Hugue ^a   Labis, John ^b   Bredella, Miriam ^a   Palmer, William E ^a   Sheah, Kenneth ^a   Torriani, Martin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; MR imaging; Pitcher; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTHROGRAPHY; BASEBALL; BENNETT LESION; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECELERATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHEAR STRESS; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SUPRAPINATUS MUSCLE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTHROGRAPHY; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER;

EID: 42649094456     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0389-0     Document Type: Review

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