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Wilk KE, Macrina LC, Cain EL, et al. Rehabilitation of the Overhead Athlete's Elbow. Sports Health. 2012;4(5):404-14doi: 10.1177/1941738112455006.
Wilk, K. E., Macrina, L. C., Cain, E. L., Dugas, J. R., & Andrews, J. R. (2012). Rehabilitation of the Overhead Athlete's Elbow. Sports health, 4(5), 404-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1941738112455006
Wilk, Kevin E, et al. "Rehabilitation of the Overhead Athlete's Elbow." Sports health vol. 4,5 (2012): 404-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1941738112455006
Wilk KE, Macrina LC, Cain EL, Dugas JR, Andrews JR. Rehabilitation of the Overhead Athlete's Elbow. Sports Health. 2012 Sep;4(5):404-14. doi: 10.1177/1941738112455006. PMID: 23016113; PMCID: PMC3435939.
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Sports Health. 2012 Sep;4(5):404-14. doi: 10.1177/1941738112455006.

Rehabilitation of the Overhead Athlete's Elbow.

Sports health

Kevin E Wilk, Leonard C Macrina, E Lyle Cain, Jeffrey R Dugas, James R Andrews

Affiliations

  1. Champion Sports Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 23016113 PMCID: PMC3435939 DOI: 10.1177/1941738112455006

Abstract

The activities required during overhead sports, particularly during baseball pitching, produce large forces at the elbow joint. Injuries to the elbow joint frequently occur in the overhead athlete because of the large amount of forces observed during the act of throwing, playing tennis, or playing golf. Injuries may result because of repetitive overuse, leading to tissue failure. Rehabilitation following injury or surgery to the throwing elbow is vital to fully restore normal function and return the athlete to competition as quickly and safely as possible. Rehabilitation of the elbow, whether following injury or postsurgical, must follow a progressive and sequential order, building on the previous phase, to ensure that healing tissues are not compromised. Emphasis is placed on restoring full motion, muscular strength, and neuromuscular control while gradually applying loads to healing tissue. In addition, when one is creating a rehabilitation plan for athletes, it is imperative to treat the entire upper extremity, core, and legs to create and dissipate the forces generated at each joint.

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