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ArticleSports biomechanics2024

Collegiate baseball pitchers demonstrate a relationship between ball velocity and elbow varus torque, both within and across pitchers.

M Sakurai, A J Barrack, N J Lobb, C P Wee, P R Diaz, L A Michener, A R Karduna

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Article in Sports biomechanics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M SakuraiDepartment of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0823-3557
A J BarrackDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
N J LobbDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
C P WeeDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
P R DiazDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
L A MichenerDivision of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A R KardunaDepartment of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
University of Southern California · USUniversity of Oregon · US

Funding

Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001855 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Thomas A Buchanan, Michele D. Kipke · 2016 to 2026
$81.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High elbow varus torque during baseball pitching has been identified as a potential cause of ulnar collateral ligament injury in baseball pitchers. In general, elbow varus torque increases as ball velocity increases across pitchers. However, studies incorporating within-subject analyses report that not all professional pitchers have a positive relationship between elbow varus torque and ball velocity (T-V relationship). It remains unknown whether collegiate pitchers show the same trend as professionals in their T-V relationships. The current study investigated the T-V relationship of collegiate pitchers focusing on both across and within pitchers. Division 1 collegiate pitchers (n = 81) were assessed for elbow torque and ball velocity during pitching. Both across- and within-pitcher T-V relationships were significant (p < 0.05) using linear regression. However, more variance in elbow varus torque was explained using the within-pitcher relationship (R

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BaseballElbowElbow JointTorqueAdolescentBiomechanical PhenomenaCollateral Ligament, UlnarHumansMaleYoung AdultBaseballelbowpitchingvarus torquevelocity

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PMID37114500
PMCPMC10611893
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