Relationship between foot characteristics and injuries of the shoulder and elbow in collegiate-level baseball players

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  • YASUDA Ryoko
    Graduate School of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University
  • SHINOHARA Yasushi
    College of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University
  • ISAKA Tadao
    College of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University
  • KUMAI Tsukasa
    Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University
  • KOYANAGI Yoshio
    Department of Instegrated of Human Development and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Health Promotional Sciences, Tokoha University

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  • 野球選手における足部形態と肩・肘関節障害の関連性に対する検討
  • ヤキュウ センシュ ニ オケル ソクブ ケイタイ ト カタ ・ ヒジ カンセツ ショウガイ ノ カンレンセイ ニ タイスル ケントウ

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<p>The feet and toes of 110 collegiate-level baseball players were examined, and an analysis was performed to determine whether foot characteristics were correlated with throwing injuries of the shoulder and elbow.</p><p>A corn at the lateral side of the forefoot in the stance and lunge feet was significantly more prevalent in players with throwing injuries than in those without injuries. Compared with players without throwing injuries, those with throwing injuries tended to have a greater prevalence of varus deformities of the 4th or 5th toes of the stance foot, and of the 3rd to 5th toes of the lunge foot ; however, these intergroup differences were not significant.</p><p>These results suggest that players with throwing injuries could have instability during the pitching motion, with loading at the lateral side of the forefoot. The results also suggest that characteristic deformities of the foot and toes may be correlated with throwing injuries of the shoulder and elbow.</p>

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