Scapular dysfunction in high school baseball players sustaining throwing-related upper extremity injury: A prospective study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1154-1159

  Myers, Joseph B ^a   Oyama, Sakiko ^b   Hibberd, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Clinical assessment; Elbow; Scapula; Shoulder; Throwing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SHOULDER DISEASE;

BASEBALL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELBOW; LEVEL I; PROGNOSIS STUDY; PROSPECTIVE DESIGN; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; THROWING;

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84882935754     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.12.029     Document Type: Article

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