2020 OCT 16 (VerticalNews) — By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Entertainment Newsweekly — Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine – Sports Medicine. According to news originating from Auburn, Alabama, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, “With the lack of pitch count regulation, youth softball pitchers are experiencing unremitting high stresses on the anterior shoulder. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of acute changes in the long head of the biceps tendon with pitching kinematics and kinetics in youth softball pitchers following an acute bout of pitching.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Auburn University, “Twenty-three softball pitchers (12.17 +/- 1.50 yrs.; 160.32 +/- 9.41cm; 60.40 +/- 15.97kg) participated. To investigate the association between biceps tendon changes and kinematic and kinetic changes from pre- to post-simulated game, each biceps tendon measure was split into those whose biceps tendon thickness, width, and/or area increased pre- to post-simulated game, and those whose did not. There were significant differences in biceps tendon longitudinal thickness (Z=-2.739, p=0.006) and pitch speed; as well as a difference between groups in biceps tendon transverse thickness and the amount of change in trunk rotation at the start of the pitching motion (p=0.017) and the amount of change in trunk flexion at ball release (p=0.030).”
Date: Oct. 16, 2020
From: Entertainment Newsweekly
Publisher: NewsRX LLC
Document Type: Report
Length: 427 words
Lexile Measure: 1290L
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This study illustrates the association of trunk and lower extremity kinematics and shoulder kinetics with morphologic changes in the biceps tendon with an acute bout of windmill softball pitching.”
This research has been peer-reviewed.
For more information on this research see: Biceps Tendon Changes and Pitching Mechanics In Youth Softball Pitchers. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020;():. International Journal of Sports Medicine can be contacted at: Georg Thieme Verlag Kg, Rudigerstr 14, D-70469 Stuttgart, Germany. (Thieme – www.thieme.com)
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Gretchen D. Oliver, Auburn University, School of Kinesiology, 301 Wire Rd, Auburn, AL 36849, United States. Additional authors for this research include Jessica L. Downs, Kenzie B. Friesen, Michael G. Saper, Adam W. Anz and James R. Andrews.
Keywords for this news article include: Auburn, Alabama, United States, North and Central America, Sports Medicine, Health and Medicine, Entertainment, Softball, Sporting Activities, Auburn University.
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The citation for this news report is: NewsRx. New Findings in Sports Medicine Described from Auburn University (Biceps Tendon Changes and Pitching Mechanics In Youth Softball Pitchers). Entertainment Newsweekly. October 16, 2020; p 33.
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Source Citation (MLA 9th Edition)
“New Findings in Sports Medicine Described from Auburn University (Biceps Tendon Changes and Pitching Mechanics In Youth
Softball Pitchers).” Entertainment Newsweekly, 16 Oct. 2020, p. 33. Gale General OneFile,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/A638049429/ITOF?u=pens49866&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=edabebc7. Accessed 15 Oct. 2021.
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