The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 3/2014, Volume 42, Issue 3, pp. 536 - 543
Background: Medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction is a common procedure performed on Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers in the United States....
Tommy John surgery | pitching | ulnar collateral ligament | Major League Baseball | return to sport | elbow injury | SPORT SCIENCES | MICROFRACTURE | BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION | ELBOW | RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE | REPAIR | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - injuries | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Linear Models | Male | Case-Control Studies | Recovery of Function | Elbow Joint - surgery | Baseball - injuries | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Athletic Performance - statistics & numerical data | Elbow Joint - injuries | Cohort Studies | Medicine, Physical | Care and treatment | Pitchers (Baseball) | Research | Health aspects | Elbow | Injuries
Tommy John surgery | pitching | ulnar collateral ligament | Major League Baseball | return to sport | elbow injury | SPORT SCIENCES | MICROFRACTURE | BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION | ELBOW | RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE | REPAIR | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - injuries | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Linear Models | Male | Case-Control Studies | Recovery of Function | Elbow Joint - surgery | Baseball - injuries | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Athletic Performance - statistics & numerical data | Elbow Joint - injuries | Cohort Studies | Medicine, Physical | Care and treatment | Pitchers (Baseball) | Research | Health aspects | Elbow | Injuries
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 6/2018, Volume 46, Issue 7, pp. 1720 - 1726
Background: The anterior bundle of the medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is the primary restraint to valgus stress at the elbow and is often injured among...
Tommy John surgery | position players | ulnar collateral ligament | Major League Baseball | return to sport | SPORT SCIENCES | SHOULDER | INJURIES | RECONSTRUCTION | FOLLOW-UP | PITCHERS | ELBOW | REPAIR | NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Elbow | Surgery | Professional baseball
Tommy John surgery | position players | ulnar collateral ligament | Major League Baseball | return to sport | SPORT SCIENCES | SHOULDER | INJURIES | RECONSTRUCTION | FOLLOW-UP | PITCHERS | ELBOW | REPAIR | NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Elbow | Surgery | Professional baseball
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The Physician and Sportsmedicine, ISSN 0091-3847, 05/2012, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp. 64 - 72
Background: Reconstruction of the elbow ulnar collateral ligament, known as Tommy John surgery, is being performed with increasing frequency. Hypothesis: We...
ulnar collateral ligament | Tommy John surgery | perceptions | Tommy john surgery | Perceptions | Ulnar collateral ligament | SPORT SCIENCES | COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | RISK-FACTORS | YOUTH BASEBALL PITCHERS | DISEASE | PREVENTION | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | ELBOW | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Public Opinion | Humans | Risk Factors | Male | Athletes | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Orthopedic Procedures | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Child
ulnar collateral ligament | Tommy John surgery | perceptions | Tommy john surgery | Perceptions | Ulnar collateral ligament | SPORT SCIENCES | COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | RISK-FACTORS | YOUTH BASEBALL PITCHERS | DISEASE | PREVENTION | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | ELBOW | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Public Opinion | Humans | Risk Factors | Male | Athletes | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Orthopedic Procedures | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Child
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Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, ISSN 1058-2746, 2016, Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 90 - 97
Background With the recent rise in the number of Tommy John surgeries, a proportionate rise in revisions is expected. However, much is unknown regarding the...
Orthopedics | Tommy John surgery | pitching | Major League Baseball | return to sport | Ulnar collateral ligament | revision | Pitching | Major league baseball | Return to sport | Revision | Treatment study | Level III | Retrospective cohort design | SURGERY | SPORT SCIENCES | COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | return to sport | PERFORMANCE | FOLLOW-UP | ELBOW | RETURN | PLAYERS | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Orthopedic Procedures - trends | Humans | Eponyms | Treatment Outcome | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Time Factors | Baseball - injuries | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Return to Sport - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Athletic Performance - statistics & numerical data | Retrospective Studies | Orthopedic Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Pitchers (Baseball) | Baseball (Professional)
Orthopedics | Tommy John surgery | pitching | Major League Baseball | return to sport | Ulnar collateral ligament | revision | Pitching | Major league baseball | Return to sport | Revision | Treatment study | Level III | Retrospective cohort design | SURGERY | SPORT SCIENCES | COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | return to sport | PERFORMANCE | FOLLOW-UP | ELBOW | RETURN | PLAYERS | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Orthopedic Procedures - trends | Humans | Eponyms | Treatment Outcome | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Time Factors | Baseball - injuries | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Return to Sport - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Athletic Performance - statistics & numerical data | Retrospective Studies | Orthopedic Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Pitchers (Baseball) | Baseball (Professional)
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Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, ISSN 1058-2746, 10/2019
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The Physician and Sportsmedicine, ISSN 0091-3847, 10/2015, Volume 43, Issue 4, pp. 375 - 380
Objectives. The prevalence of medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction is increasing in professional athletes and the delivery of baseball news by...
Tommy John surgery | Perception | overhead athlete | ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Overhead athlete | SPORT SCIENCES | SHOULDER | RISK-FACTORS | INJURIES | ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT | RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | ELBOW | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | RETURN | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - injuries | Ulna | Public Opinion | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Athletic Injuries - surgery | Elbow - injuries | Elbow Joint - surgery | Orthopedic Procedures | Mass Media | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Elbow Joint - injuries | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Movement | Cross-Sectional Studies | Risk Factors | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery | Baseball - injuries | Return to Sport | Arm Injuries - surgery
Tommy John surgery | Perception | overhead athlete | ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Overhead athlete | SPORT SCIENCES | SHOULDER | RISK-FACTORS | INJURIES | ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT | RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | ELBOW | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | RETURN | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - injuries | Ulna | Public Opinion | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Athletic Injuries - surgery | Elbow - injuries | Elbow Joint - surgery | Orthopedic Procedures | Mass Media | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Elbow Joint - injuries | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Movement | Cross-Sectional Studies | Risk Factors | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery | Baseball - injuries | Return to Sport | Arm Injuries - surgery
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 3/2019, Volume 47, Issue 3, pp. 713 - 720
Background: Return to play and player satisfaction have been quite high after ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR); however, there has been little...
Tommy John | pitchers | MLB | ulnar collateral ligament | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | RECONSTRUCTION | ELBOW | RETURN | MUSCLE-SPLITTING APPROACH | PLAYERS | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Surgical outcomes | Surgical techniques | Sports injuries | Professional baseball | Velocity
Tommy John | pitchers | MLB | ulnar collateral ligament | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | RECONSTRUCTION | ELBOW | RETURN | MUSCLE-SPLITTING APPROACH | PLAYERS | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Surgical outcomes | Surgical techniques | Sports injuries | Professional baseball | Velocity
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Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 2325-9671, 10/2014, Volume 2, Issue 10, pp. 1 - 6
Background: Medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction is a common procedure performed on Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with symptomatic UCL...
Pitching | Demographic | Tommy John surgery | Elbow injury | Return to sport | Major League Baseball | Ulnar collateral ligament
Pitching | Demographic | Tommy John surgery | Elbow injury | Return to sport | Major League Baseball | Ulnar collateral ligament
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Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 2325-9671, 2017, Volume 5, Issue 3, p. 2325967117695085
Background: Empirical evidence has suggested a connection between youth pitch counts and subsequent elbow injury. For players within the Little League World...
Tommy John | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Baseball | Major League Baseball | Little League World Series | Pitch count | pitch count | SPORT SCIENCES | COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | RISK | PREVALENCE | SPORT SPECIALIZATION | ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | ELBOW INJURY | OPERATIVE TREATMENT | GLENOHUMERAL PASSIVE RANGE | baseball | DEFICITS | ORTHOPEDICS | ASSOCIATION
Tommy John | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Baseball | Major League Baseball | Little League World Series | Pitch count | pitch count | SPORT SCIENCES | COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | RISK | PREVALENCE | SPORT SPECIALIZATION | ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | ELBOW INJURY | OPERATIVE TREATMENT | GLENOHUMERAL PASSIVE RANGE | baseball | DEFICITS | ORTHOPEDICS | ASSOCIATION
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 7/2015, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp. 1764 - 1769
Background: While the high rate of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in professional baseball is widely discussed in the media and medical literature,...
pitchers | Tommy John surgery | ulnar collateral ligament revision | Major League Baseball | UCL | VELOCITY | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP | ELBOW | RETURN | MAJOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL | ORTHOPEDICS | Young Adult | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Reoperation | Elbow Joint - surgery | Prevalence | Baseball - injuries | Humans | Adult | Male | Elbow Joint - injuries | Shoulder - surgery | Elbow - surgery | Endoscopic surgery | Usage | Care and treatment | Arthroscopy | Baseball players | Health aspects | Elbow | Joints | Injuries
pitchers | Tommy John surgery | ulnar collateral ligament revision | Major League Baseball | UCL | VELOCITY | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP | ELBOW | RETURN | MAJOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL | ORTHOPEDICS | Young Adult | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Reoperation | Elbow Joint - surgery | Prevalence | Baseball - injuries | Humans | Adult | Male | Elbow Joint - injuries | Shoulder - surgery | Elbow - surgery | Endoscopic surgery | Usage | Care and treatment | Arthroscopy | Baseball players | Health aspects | Elbow | Joints | Injuries
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American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 03/2016, Volume 44, Issue 3, pp. 729 - 734
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 7/2015, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp. 1770 - 1774
Background: Overuse injuries to the elbow in the throwing athlete are common. Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR), commonly known as Tommy John...
Tommy John | epidemiology | elbow | United States | pitcher | incidence | ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | PERFORMANCE | INSUFFICIENCY | FOLLOW-UP | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | RETURN | PLAYERS | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Athletes | Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery | Elbow - injuries | Tendons | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Elbow Joint - injuries | Retrospective Studies | Child | Elbow - surgery | Databases, Factual | Care and treatment | Health aspects | Elbow | Ligaments | Injuries
Tommy John | epidemiology | elbow | United States | pitcher | incidence | ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | PERFORMANCE | INSUFFICIENCY | FOLLOW-UP | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | RETURN | PLAYERS | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Athletes | Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery | Elbow - injuries | Tendons | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Elbow Joint - injuries | Retrospective Studies | Child | Elbow - surgery | Databases, Factual | Care and treatment | Health aspects | Elbow | Ligaments | Injuries
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 12/2010, Volume 38, Issue 12, pp. 2426 - 2434
Background The anterior bundle of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is the primary anatomical structure providing elbow stability in overhead sports,...
Tommy John surgery | elbow | baseball pitcher | ulnar collateral ligament | SURGERY | SPORT SCIENCES | INSTABILITY | INJURIES | VALGUS STABILITY | PITCHERS | BIOMECHANICS | BASEBALL PLAYERS | THROWING ATHLETE | REHABILITATION | ORTHOPEDICS | JOINT | Collateral Ligaments - injuries | Prospective Studies | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Follow-Up Studies | Health Status Indicators | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Athletic Injuries - surgery | Collateral Ligaments - diagnostic imaging | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Athletic Injuries - diagnostic imaging | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Elbow Joint - diagnostic imaging | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods | Treatment Outcome | Radiography | Perioperative Period | Athletic Injuries - rehabilitation | Baseball - injuries | Adolescent | Sports injuries | Care and treatment | Orthopedic surgery | Pitchers (Baseball) | Demographic aspects | Patient outcomes | Research | Elbow | Injuries | Methods | Knee | Athletes | Ligaments | Surgery
Tommy John surgery | elbow | baseball pitcher | ulnar collateral ligament | SURGERY | SPORT SCIENCES | INSTABILITY | INJURIES | VALGUS STABILITY | PITCHERS | BIOMECHANICS | BASEBALL PLAYERS | THROWING ATHLETE | REHABILITATION | ORTHOPEDICS | JOINT | Collateral Ligaments - injuries | Prospective Studies | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data | Follow-Up Studies | Health Status Indicators | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Athletic Injuries - surgery | Collateral Ligaments - diagnostic imaging | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Athletic Injuries - diagnostic imaging | Adult | Female | Surveys and Questionnaires | Elbow Joint - diagnostic imaging | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods | Treatment Outcome | Radiography | Perioperative Period | Athletic Injuries - rehabilitation | Baseball - injuries | Adolescent | Sports injuries | Care and treatment | Orthopedic surgery | Pitchers (Baseball) | Demographic aspects | Patient outcomes | Research | Elbow | Injuries | Methods | Knee | Athletes | Ligaments | Surgery
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 9/2019, Volume 47, Issue 11, pp. 2759 - 2763
Background: Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction is commonly performed among overhead throwing athletes. Previous studies demonstrated relatively...
elbow | baseball | ulnar collateral ligament | return to sport | SPORT SCIENCES | RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | ORTHOPEDICS | Studies | Systematic review | Professional baseball
elbow | baseball | ulnar collateral ligament | return to sport | SPORT SCIENCES | RECONSTRUCTION | PERFORMANCE | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | ORTHOPEDICS | Studies | Systematic review | Professional baseball
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Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, ISSN 0749-8063, 06/2018, Volume 34, Issue 6, pp. 1809 - 1815
Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate return to play and postinjury performance of professional catchers who sustained an ulnar collateral ligament...
SURGERY | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | PITCHING PERFORMANCE | OUTCOMES | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP | ELBOW | ORTHOPEDICS | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | Surgery, Plastic | Orthopedic surgery
SURGERY | SPORT SCIENCES | INJURIES | PITCHING PERFORMANCE | OUTCOMES | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP | ELBOW | ORTHOPEDICS | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | Surgery, Plastic | Orthopedic surgery
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Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, ISSN 1058-2746, 2017, Volume 26, Issue 4, pp. 699 - 703
Hypothesis Pitchers who return to sport (RTS) sooner will have a higher risk of revision ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) than those who return...
Orthopedics | Tommy John | elbow | Major League Baseball (MLB) | pitcher | return to sport (RTS) | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) | revision | surgery | SPORT SCIENCES | PERFORMANCE | OVERHEAD THROWING ATHLETE | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | REHABILITATION | ORTHOPEDICS | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Time Factors | Baseball - injuries | Humans | Return to Sport | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Collateral Ligament, Ulnar - surgery | Male | Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction | Collateral Ligament, Ulnar - injuries | Sports injuries | Orthopedic surgery | Pitchers (Baseball) | Baseball (Professional)
Orthopedics | Tommy John | elbow | Major League Baseball (MLB) | pitcher | return to sport (RTS) | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) | revision | surgery | SPORT SCIENCES | PERFORMANCE | OVERHEAD THROWING ATHLETE | TOMMY JOHN SURGERY | REHABILITATION | ORTHOPEDICS | Young Adult | Elbow Joint - surgery | Time Factors | Baseball - injuries | Humans | Return to Sport | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Collateral Ligament, Ulnar - surgery | Male | Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction | Collateral Ligament, Ulnar - injuries | Sports injuries | Orthopedic surgery | Pitchers (Baseball) | Baseball (Professional)
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN 0363-5465, 3/2016, Volume 44, Issue 3, pp. 729 - 734
Background: Despite an increase in the prevalence of medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction of the elbow in professional baseball and popularity...
DIAGNOSIS | SPORT SCIENCES | SHOULDER | overhead athlete | RISK-FACTORS | INJURIES | ARTHROPLASTY | ELBOW | ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction | TRENDS | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | Tommy John surgery | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | incidence | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Ulna - surgery | Epidemiologic Studies | Athletes - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Male | Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery | Young Adult | Baseball - injuries | Adolescent | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Return to Sport - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Elbow Joint - injuries | Orthopedic Procedures - statistics & numerical data | New York - epidemiology | Shoulder Injuries | Databases, Factual | Usage | Care and treatment | Teenage athletes | Epidemiology | Health aspects | Elbow | Injuries | Studies | Professional baseball | Patients | Ligaments
DIAGNOSIS | SPORT SCIENCES | SHOULDER | overhead athlete | RISK-FACTORS | INJURIES | ARTHROPLASTY | ELBOW | ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction | TRENDS | LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHERS | Tommy John surgery | OUTCOMES | ORTHOPEDICS | incidence | Collateral Ligaments - surgery | Ulna - surgery | Epidemiologic Studies | Athletes - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Male | Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery | Young Adult | Baseball - injuries | Adolescent | Reoperation - statistics & numerical data | Return to Sport - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Elbow Joint - injuries | Orthopedic Procedures - statistics & numerical data | New York - epidemiology | Shoulder Injuries | Databases, Factual | Usage | Care and treatment | Teenage athletes | Epidemiology | Health aspects | Elbow | Injuries | Studies | Professional baseball | Patients | Ligaments
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