Detection of Factors Related to the Development of Osteochondritis Dissecans in Youth Baseball Players Screening
Shotaro Teruya, Takeshi Ogawa, Hiroki Yamada, Hiromitsu Tsuge, Ryuhei Michinobu, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Kamada, Masashi Yamazaki, Yuichi Yoshii, Aristeidis H Zibis · 2023
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Description
Shotaro Teruya leads a team screening young baseball players for a serious elbow condition, in a study published in two thousand twenty-three. Osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow can end a young pitcher's development if caught late. Many cases produce no symptoms at first.
Screening ran for two years across Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, with the local high school baseball federation's help. One hundred sixty elementary students were invited; one hundred thirty-five were successfully screened. Pitchers, catchers, and symptomatic players received physical exams and ultrasound. Ten students had the condition, and seven of them felt nothing wrong. Limited extension range and pain on extending the elbow emerged as significant risk factors. The authors advocate field screening to catch silent cases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shotaro Teruya, Takeshi Ogawa, Hiroki Yamada, Hiromitsu Tsuge, Ryuhei Michinobu, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Yuki Hara, Hiroshi Kamada, Masashi Yamazaki, Yuichi Yoshii, Aristeidis H Zibis |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |