TY  - JOUR
AU  - Karakolis, Thomas
A2  - Karakolis, Thomas
A2  - Bhan, Shivam
A2  - Crotin, Ryan L.
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - Baseballspiel
KW  - Sportler
KW  - Sportmedizin
KW  - Untersuchung, empirische
KW  - Verletzungsprophylaxe
KW  - Werfer
LA  - eng
TI  - Injuries to young professional baseball pitchers cannot be prevented solely by restricting number of innings pitched
TT  - Verletzungen der jungen professionellen Baseball-Werfer können nicht allein durch die Begrenzung der Anzahl der Innings verhindert werden
PY  - 2016
N2  - BACKGROUND: The Major League Baseball schedule is longer and more intensive than minor and amateur leagues. As a result, major league pitchers endure a considerably higher cumulative workload throughout the season. Ligament, tendon, muscle, and bone tissues in young pitchers need time to adapt to the workload a major league pitcher must endure. To mitigate the risk of overuse injury, and allow time for tissue adaptation to occur, most teams limit the number of innings a young pitcher may throw. This study examined the relationship between innings pitched and future injury in young professional baseball pitchers. METHODS: All pitchers under 25 years of age that pitched at least one third of an inning in Major League Baseball during the 2002-2007 seasons were included in this study. Total innings pitched were accumulated for each season across three levels of professional baseball (Major League Baseball, and two levels of Minor Leagues). Regression analyses were preformed comparing innings pitched during a single season and difference in innings pitched over consecutive seasons to future injury, as measured by time spent on the disabled list. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found between innings pitched and future injury or consecutive season innings pitched difference and future injury. No significant differences were found when pitchers were split into groups based upon consecutive season innings pitched difference cutoffs. CONCLUSIONS: Based upon the evidence presented, strength and conditioning coaches, sports medicine specialists, and team trainers cannot rely solely on inning counts to accurately measure the tissue demands of professional baseball pitching. Therefore, inning limits alone cannot be used to protect young professional pitchers against the threat of injury.
L2  - https://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/sports-med-physical-fitness/article.php?cod=R40Y2016N05A0554
L2  - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25784395/
SP  - S. 554-559
SN  - 0022-4707
JO  - The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness
IS  - 5
VL  - 56
M3  - Elektronische Ressource (online)
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
ID  - PU201810007456
ER  -