Baseball: Too Much on a Young Pitcher's Shoulders?

作者：Arthur M. Pappas, Richard M. Zawacki, Barry B. Goldberg · 发表于：The Physician and Sportsmedicine · 年份：1991 · DOI：10.1080/00913847.1991.11702171 · 被引用次数：10 · 研究领域：Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics、Sports Analytics and Performance、Sports injuries and prevention

In brief Adolescent baseball pitchers who pitch too frequently may place too great a demand on their rapidly growing shoulders, resulting in damage that may curtail and possibly end their playing careers. Muscle imbalance is another factor that causes career-limiting damage. Two helpful approaches are to limit pitching frequency in games and to initiate total body conditioning programs that include developing or increasing flexibility, cardiopulmonary endurance, and lower-extremity muscle strength and endurance. Flexibility and balanced strength are necessary for normal biomechanics of the shoulder complex and successful delivery of a pitch.