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MR imaging of the elbow in baseball pitchers

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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.

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    Hugue Ouellette, Miriam Bredella, William E. Palmer & Martin Torriani

  2. Methodist Hospital, 6624 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, USA

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Ouellette, H., Bredella, M., Labis, J. et al. MR imaging of the elbow in baseball pitchers. Skeletal Radiol 37, 115–121 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-007-0364-9

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