Clinical follow-up of professional baseball players undergoing ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction using the new Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Overhead Athlete Shoulder and Elbow score (KJOC score)

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1558-1563

  Domb, Benjamin G ^a   Davis, J T ^b   Alberta, Frank G ^c,d   Mohr, Karen J ^e   Brooks, Adam G ^f   Elattrache, Neal S ^d   Yocum, Lewis M ^d   Jobe, Frank W ^d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois Orthopedic Center   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KERLAN JOBE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC   (United States)

^e Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

baseball; elbow; medial; ulnar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; ELBOW; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; ULNA;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956247366     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509359060     Document Type: Article

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