High baseball loads induce shoulder and elbow injuries among high school baseball pitchers: a prospective study

Abstract Studies on the relationship between baseball loads (practice, training, and competition hours) and shoulder and elbow injuries among high school pitchers are limited. Therefore, this study included 92 male high school baseball pitchers and evaluated their preseason shoulder and elbow condit...

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Main Authors: Hitoshi Shitara, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Takuro Kuboi, Tsuyoshi Ichinose, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Noritaka Hamano, Takafumi Endo, Masataka Kamiyama, Daisuke Simoyama, Junki Suzuki, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Kenji Takagishi, Hirotaka Chikuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79841-7