Journal article
Throwing injuries: biomechanics, injury mechanisms and rehabilitation
Current orthopaedic practice, Vol.21(5), pp.467-471
09/01/2010
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3181ef64b8
Abstract
Several articles have been published recently on overhead throwing athletes. This review summarizes current thinking on injury mechanisms and biomechanics of the throwing motion. The concept of internal impingement is an overarching theme in recent literature on throwing injuries of the shoulder, and the pathomechanics of this problem are reviewed. Injury to the medial ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow also is common in throwers secondary to valgus overload. There may be a correlation between glenohumeral internal rotation deficits and injury to the medial ulnar collateral ligament. Most throwing injuries can be initially managed nonoperatively, using appropriate rehabilitation and retraining modalities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Throwing injuries: biomechanics, injury mechanisms and rehabilitation
- Creators
- Brian R. Wolf - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKeith Wolstenholme - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current orthopaedic practice, Vol.21(5), pp.467-471
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3181ef64b8
- ISSN
- 1940-7041
- eISSN
- 1941-7551
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984294957002771
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