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ID 111173
Author
Iwame, Toshiyuki Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital
Kashiwaguchi, Shinji Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center
Iwase, Takenobu Tokushima National Hospital
Fukuta, Shoji Tokushima University
Egawa, Hiroshi Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital KAKEN Search Researchers
Nagamachi, Akihiro Mitoyo General Hospital
Keywords
Childhood and adolescent
Baseball
Elbow check-up
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Purpose : Our aim was to examine the outcome of an elbow check-up system for youth baseball players. In particular, we investigated the nature of elbow injuries in youth baseball players with elbow pain and ultrasonographic findings of the capitellum. Materials and Methods : A total of 1605 players participating in the regional summer championship in July 2013 underwent a questionnaire survey, physical examination, ultrasound imaging, and radiographic examination. Results : A total of 499 (31.1%) players reported episodes of elbow pain, of whom 320 (64.1%) had abnormal findings on physical examination, and 115 (35.9%) agreed to undergo radiography. Among them, 98 (85.2%) exhibited radiographic abnormalities. On the initial ultrasonography screening, 60 (3.7%) players had an abnormal finding and 55 (91.7%) agreed to undergo radiography. Among them, 26 (47.3%) were found to have osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the capitellum on radiographs. Conclusions : About 30% of youth baseball players had episodes of elbow pain, and 64.1% of players with elbow pain had abnormal findings on physical examination. Furthermore, 85.2% of subjects who underwent radiographic examination exhibited radiographic abnormalities. About 4% of young baseball players had an abnormal finding on initial ultrasonography screening, and nearly 50% of them had OCD of the capitellum on radiographs.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
AA12022913
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
Volume
63
Issue
3-4
Start Page
171
End Page
174
Sort Key
171
Published Date
2016-08
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DOI (Published Version)
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language
eng
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
University Hospital
Medical Sciences