Injury Prevention in Baseball: from Youth to the Pros

In the United States, about 3 million children play baseball every year [1]. Many of these children continue to play in youth and high school. Approximately 25,000 athletes participate in the National Association of Student Association (NCAA) Baseball Tournament each year [2]. Some of them will eventually participate in a small or major league baseball game. Such high level physical participation in the population plays an important role in the care of baseball players injured for health care providers. It is very important for these providers to thoroughly understand the specific injuries that affect baseball players' sports.

Recently, epidemiology of baseball injury and interest in science of prevention are increasing. This growing interest is not surprising given the increasing participation of young people to individual sports throughout the year and the growing interest of young athletes. In addition, Major League baseball is a $ 36 billion project, and each franchise has a strong interest in the health of that player [3]. An example of a familiar baseball peculiar injury is the better known Little League elbow (youth throw) and inner ulnar collaterary ligament (MUCL) injury as "Tommy John" injury. Both of these can lead to a significant loss of participation time. For example, damage to MUCL leads to professional level competition of average 17.1 months [4].

Existing literature on injury varies widely depending on the age of the athlete. For example, the most powerful studies on injury epidemiology exist at the expert level, and most literature on injury prevention studies is conducted for young people. The main objective of this review is to summarize current literature on baseball injury epidemiology, review prevention strategies, and provide recommendations for future research work. Special attention will be paid to injuries according to the level of the game, such as youth, high school, university, professional baseball, etc.

Baseball is one of the safest sports for young people today. However, many of the serious injuries experienced by adult baseball pitchers may have begun to develop at the youth level. One of the tasks of the American baseball medicine and safety advisory committee is to provide scientific information to young baseball players, reduce the risk of injury, maximize the performance and progress of young athletes. In order to reduce the risk of injuries, count and monitor the pitcher stadiums of professional, university and high school. A survey conducted by the American Baseball Medical and Security Advisory Council (1996 America's Baseball News) in 1996 states that most experts believe that the number of players should be reserved for young pitchers I showed it. In response to this claim, the committee sponsored an epidemiological study by the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) to study this problem.

Recently, epidemiology of baseball injury and interest in science of prevention are increasing. This growing interest is not surprising given the increasing participation of young people to individual sports throughout the year and the growing interest of young athletes. In addition, Major League baseball is a $ 36 billion business, each franchise has strong and strong interest in the player's health. An example of a familiar baseball peculiar injury is the better known Little League elbow (youth throw) and inner ulnar collaterary ligament (MUCL) injury as "Tommy John" injury. Both of these can lead to a significant loss of participation time. For example, damage to MUCL leads to professional level competition on average 17.1 months.

American baseball sponsored injury surveillance research through the Medical Safety Advisory Committee and in 2008 produced a report on the injury pattern of youth baseball. The conclusion is that in young players injuries are usually associated with lack of skills. Higher skills, muscle strength and size will be a harmful force. 13 More detailed research results are as follows. The catcher is mainly hitting a ball, and if you mark a foul or runner you are injured. A young catcher is trying to catch the pitch, but it is more likely to get injured, but older catchers are more vulnerable to fouling skills. Collision of the home plate in the tag game can create moderate, but sustained damage patterns to catchers of all ages, but these collisions can bring a big risk of injuring an older catcher There is sex.