Elbow Injuries in Young Baseball Players

The demands that throwing Places on the vulnerable immature elbow frequently produce multiple injuries. Significant clues in the history include persistent medial elbow soreness, stiffness, and discomfort that lead to poor performance. Diagnosis involves identifying the injury sites by palpation and...

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Published in:The Physician and sportsmedicine 1999-06, Vol.27 (6), p.87-102
Main Authors: Whiteside, James A., Andrews, James R., Fleisig, Glenn S., Galloway, Marc T., Goldberg, Barry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident Prevention
Activity Units
Athletes
Baseball
Biological and medical sciences
Children & youth
Clinical Diagnosis
Elbow
Fatigue (Biology)
Injuries
Medical Evaluation
Medical sciences
Pain
Pathology
Patients
Physical Examinations
Physicians
Rehabilitation Programs
Sport (general aspects)
Sports injuries
Team Sports
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:The demands that throwing Places on the vulnerable immature elbow frequently produce multiple injuries. Significant clues in the history include persistent medial elbow soreness, stiffness, and discomfort that lead to poor performance. Diagnosis involves identifying the injury sites by palpation and x-rays that pinpoint growth-plate separation or osteochondral changes. Nonoperative treatment, which can proceed if growth-plate separation at the medial apophysis is less than 3 mm, involves stretching, strengthening, sport-specific activities, and interval throwing. Prevention includes conditioning, limiting the number of pitches, and using age guidelines for learning new pitches.
ISSN:0091-3847
2326-3660
DOI:10.3810/psm.1999.06.886