Current concepts in the evaluation and treatment of the shoulder in overhead throwing athletes, part 2: Injury prevention and treatment

Sports Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-115

  Reinold, Michael M ^a,b   Gill, Thomas J ^a,b   Wilk, Kevin E ^c   Andrews, James R ^d  

^a Boston Red Sox Baseball Club   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Champion Sports Medicine   (United States)

^d Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Glenohumeral joint; Internal impingement; Rotator cuff; Scapula; Superior labral anterior posterior lesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956777549     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738110362518     Document Type: Article

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