Open AccessCORRELATION BETWEEN THE KERLAN‐JOBE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC SCREEN AND SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT TEST‐ITEM CLUSTER IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PITCHERS: A PILOT STUDY
Author(s) -
Angela Rich,
Lois Stickley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of sports physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2159-2896
DOI - 10.26603/ijspt20201080
Subject(s) - medicine , throwing , physical therapy , rotator cuff , athletes , subacromial impingement , orthopedic surgery , test (biology) , demographics , rotator cuff injury , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , demography , mechanical engineering , paleontology , sociology , engineering , biology
Shoulder injuries in baseball related to throwing account for 60% of all baseball injuries and 75% of those throwing injuries occur in pitchers. Impingement is the beginning of a continuum of rotator cuff pathology that can result in pain and disability in pitchers. Identification of self-reported measures and clinical tests that can indicate early pathology of shoulder impingement is needed for overhead athletes. Early identification of shoulder impingement is important to the long-term health and function of these athletes.