Youth Baseball Pitching Mechanics: A Systematic Review.
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SUBMITTER: Thompson SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857730 | biostudies-other | 2018 Mar/Apr
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Youth Baseball Pitching Mechanics: A Systematic Review.
Thompson Samuel F SF Guess Trent M TM Plackis Andreas C AC Sherman Seth L SL Gray Aaron D AD
Sports health 20171101 2
<h4>Context</h4>Pitching injuries in youth baseball are increasing in incidence. Poor pitching mechanics in young throwers have not been sufficiently evaluated due to the lack of a basic biomechanical understanding of the "normal" youth pitching motion.<h4>Objective</h4>To provide a greater understanding of the kinetics and kinematics of the youth baseball pitching motion.<h4>Data sources</h4>PubMed, MEDLINE, and SPORTDiscus databases were searched from database inception through February 2017.< ...[more]
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