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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

台灣甲組棒球選手肩關節受傷之現況：超音波檢查之評估價值及應用

Abstract

Shoulder injuries occurred frequently in elite baseball players. They are generally evaluated by questionnaire and physical examination and lacking of objective study such as a high-resolution ultrasonography especially in Taiwan. This study attempted to investigate the status of shoulder injuries in Taiwan elite baseball players by questionnaire and physical examination and defined the role of ultrasonographic examination in this type of injury.Twenty four elite college baseball players were recruited in this study. All the participants completed a questionnaire consisting of the training and injury history, and underwent Speed test, Empty can test, and Hawkins-Kennedy impingement test. Ultrasonographic examination was conducted by Sonosite 180(Sonosite Inc., Bothell, WA) with a 10 MHz linear transducer. The result showed that 18 of 24 players had history of shoulder injury and 13 of them still suffered pain at the point of evaluation, but they kept going on practices and competitions. The most frequent abnormality on ultrasonographic examination was irregular humeral cortex (42%) at the insertion of rotator cuff. Unexpectedly, there was no correlation between the findings of ultrasonographic examination and the results of physical examination. We concluded that there is a high prevalence of shoulder injuries in Taiwan elite baseball players. Ultrasonographic examination must correlate the clinical symptoms in defining the shoulder pathology.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

217

Last Page

225

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