Risk factors for elbow injuries among young baseball players

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 502-507

  Harada, Mikio ^a   Takahara, Masatoshi ^a   Mura, Nariyuki ^a   Sasaki, Junya ^a   Ito, Tomokazu ^b   Ogino, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Yamagata Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

baseball; Elbow; injuries; medial epicondylar fragmentation; osteochondritis dissecans; risk factor; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW INJURY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELBOW; FOLLOW UP; HAND INJURIES; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

AGE FACTORS; BASEBALL; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952106843     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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