Children Who Play Baseball Risk Elbow Injury
Youth baseball players who have not yet reached skeletal maturity might be especially vulnerable to elbow pain and injuries.
- Youth baseball players who have not yet reached skeletal maturity might be especially vulnerable to elbow pain and injuries.
- Most recent estimates show that 20 to 40% of youth baseball players between the ages of nine and 12 complain of elbow pain at least once during the season.
- In this retrospective study, the researchers reviewed elbow MRI exams from 130 youth players (18 years of age and younger) being evaluated for elbow pain.
- The researchers hope that the results of this study will help to identify elbow injuries in children who play baseball and to individualize treatment based on skeletal maturity.