Return to sports for professional baseball players after surgery of the shoulder or elbow

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Cohen, Steven B ^a   Sheridan, Scott ^b   Ciccotti, Michael G ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Phillies   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball injuries; Elbow surgery; Overhead athlete; Shoulder surgery; Superior labral anterior posterior tear; Ulnar collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051718930     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738110374625     Document Type: Review

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