Correlation of Joint Space Widening on Valgus Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging With Level of Play and Innings Pitched in Professional Pitchers.

Background: Previous studies have described various techniques and confirmed the clinical utility of valgus stress radiography and stress ultrasound in overhead athletes. The addition of valgus stress and a high-resolution anatomic assessment of the elbow with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the active throwing position (flexed elbow valgus external rotation [FEVER] view) can add valuable diagnostic or prognostic information in throwing athletes.

Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to evaluate findings on MRI and subsequent performance in professional throwing athletes.

Relationships Among Shoulder Rotational Strength, Range of Motion, Pitching Kinetics, and Pitch Velocity in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers.

Cross, JA, Higgins, AW, Dziuk, CC, Harris, GF, and Raasch, WG. Relationships among shoulder rotational strength, range of motion, pitching kinetics, and pitch velocity in collegiate baseball pitchers. J Strength Cond Res 37(1): 129-135, 2023-Throwing shoulder injuries are the most common type of injury experienced by baseball pitchers.

Successful Nonsurgical Management of a Posteriorly Displaced Medial Clavicular Physeal Fracture in an Adolescent Athlete: A Case Report.

Traumatic and sport-related sternoclavicular (SCJ) injuries in adolescent athletes are more commonly physeal fractures rather than true SCJ dislocations. Although rare, posterior displacement of the medial clavicular metaphysis after a physeal fracture necessitates prompt evaluation and treatment. Despite the inherent healing ability of physeal separations, delayed or failed diagnosis has the capacity to cause serious complications or fatality secondary to injury of retrosternal structures.

Effect of education and language on baseline concussion screening tests in professional baseball players.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the possible effects of sociocultural influences, specifically pertaining to language and education, on baseline neuropsychological concussion testing as obtained via immediate postconcussion assessment and cognitive testing (ImPACT) of players from a professional baseball team.

Design: A retrospective chart review.

Setting: Baseline testing of a professional baseball organization.

Management and outcomes of latissimus dorsi and teres major injuries in professional baseball pitchers.

Background: Very little data exist on latissimus dorsi (LD) and teres major (TM) injuries in professional baseball pitchers.

Purpose: This review was undertaken to report on the management and outcomes of baseball pitchers with injury to 1 or both of these muscles.

Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Treatment of stress fractures: the fundamentals.

This article is an introduction to the fundamentals of stress fracture management. Extrinsic and intrinsic factors, that may play a role in the development of stress fractures, are discussed and incorporated as possible treatment options. Different treatment modalities including ultrasound and electromagnetic fields are addressed, with an emphasis on literature support.