Background: Publicly obtained data (POD) have recently been utilized frequently by sports
medicine researchers to describe injury patterns, risk factors, and outcomes in elite athletes …

Context: Awareness of important injury risk factors associated with excessive pitching
volume has been highlighted in the literature, but injury rates remain high. Shoulder pain in …

Context The National Collegiate Athletic Association has supported men's baseball
championships since 1947. Since its inception, the number of participating teams and …

Background: Baseball workloads are monitored by pitch counts, appearances, innings per
appearance, ball velocity, and distance, whereas current workload standards neglect throws …

Background: Pitch counts are only one measure of the true workload of baseball pitchers.
Newer research indicates that workload measurement and prevention of injury must include …

Sports big data has been an emerging research area in recent years. The purpose of this
study was to ascertain the most frequent research topics, application areas, data sources …

Background: Studies have shown that higher pitch counts are directly related to a greater
incidence of elbow and shoulder pain among youth baseball pitchers. Purpose/Hypothesis …

Altered shape of the proximal femur (cam morphology) or acetabulum (pincer morphology)
is indicative of femoroacetabular impingement, which can result in hip pain and …

Background: Pitch count recommendations are used to reduce injury risk in youth baseball
pitchers and are based chiefly on expert opinion, with limited scientific support. Furthermore …

Context: Despite increased youth and adolescent participation in fast-pitch softball and the
reporting of upper extremity injuries, there remains a relative paucity of research examining …