Annular flexor pulley injuries in professional baseball pitchers: A case series

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 421-424

  Lourie, Gary M ^a   Hamby, Zachary ^a   Raasch, William G ^b   Chandler, Joseph B ^c   Porter, Jeff L ^d  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Resurgens Orthopaedics   (United States)

^d Atlanta Braves   (United States)

Author keywords

annular; pitcher; pulley; rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CASE REPORT; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BASEBALL; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952307363     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510387506     Document Type: Article

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