Preventive interventions for throwing injuries in baseball players: a scoping review.

Background: Shoulder and elbow pain are the common complaints associated with throwing injuries in baseball players. Prospective studies evaluating the effectiveness of stretching in increasing posterior shoulder flexibility or strengthening the external rotator muscles as preventive strategies for throwing injuries in baseball players have been published. However, there are limited reviews highlighting the role of preventive interventions for throwing injuries in baseball players.

Does physiotherapy after rotator cuff repair require supervision by a physical therapist?: a meta-analysis.

Background: A supervised physiotherapy program (SPP) is a standard regimen after surgical rotator cuff repair (RCR); however, the effect of a home-based exercise program (HEP), as an alternative, on postoperative functional recovery remains unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the functional effects of SPP and HEP after RCR.

Methods: We searched electronic databases including Central, Medline, and Embase in April 2022.

Shoulder pain in wheelchair basketball athletes: A scoping review.

Context: Wheelchair basketball athletes have increased upper limb stress, which frequently leads to shoulder pain.

Objective: The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the existing literature on shoulder pain in wheelchair basketball athletes.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and PEDro databases for studies performed between January 1990 and February 2021.