Glenohumeral internal rotation deficits in baseball players with ulnar collateral ligament insufficiency

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 566-570

  Dines, Joshua S ^a   Frank, Joshua B ^b   Akerman, Meredith ^c   Yocum, Lewis A ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Coastal Orthopedics ^*  (United States)

^c FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d KERLAN JOBE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD); Kinetic chain; Medial; Throwing; Ulnar collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW INJURY; FOREARM; GLENOHUMERAL INTERNAL ROTATION DEFICIT; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SUPINE POSITION; ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INSUFFICIENCY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMERUS; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 67049098047     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508326712     Document Type: Article

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