Risk of serious injury for young baseball pitchers: A 10-year prospective study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-257

  Fleisig, Glenn S ^a   Andrews, James R ^a   Cutter, Gary R ^b   Weber, Adam ^a,b   Loftice, Jeremy ^a   McMichael, Chris ^a,b   Hassell, Nina ^a   Lyman, Stephen ^c  

^a AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

elbow; high school; Little League; shoulder; throwing; ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELBOW; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952291937     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510384224     Document Type: Article

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