MR imaging of the elbow in baseball pitchers

Skeletal Radiol. 2008 Feb;37(2):115-21. doi: 10.1007/s00256-007-0364-9. Epub 2007 Sep 6.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Baseball / injuries*
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorders / physiopathology
  • Elbow Injuries*
  • Elbow Joint / pathology*
  • Elbow Joint / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Joint Diseases / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*