MR imaging of the elbow in baseball pitchers.
Baseball pitcher throwing biomechanics are important to understanding the pathophysiology and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging appearances of injuries in baseball pitchers. Baseball pitchers experience repetitive excessive valgus forces at the elbow. Typical injuries are secondary to medial joint distraction, lateral joint compression, and rotatory forces at the olecranon. MR imaging is useful for evaluation of the elbow in baseball pitchers.
Ouellette
Hugue
H
Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 6046, Boston, MA 02114, USA. haouellette@partners.org
Bredella
Miriam
M
Labis
John
J
Palmer
William E
WE
Torriani
Martin
M
D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D000092464:Elbow Injuries