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Name Yasutomo Sakai
Belonging department Department of Physical Therapy,Faculty of Health and Medical Science
Occupation name Professor
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Title 

Influence of pitching grip on shoulder and elbow
injuries in junior baseball players, focusing on
hand length and the metacarpophalangeal joint
angle

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Joint Author

					

					

						

							

								

									
Summary 

									
								

							

						

						
A total of 650 junior baseball players divided into two groups
according to whether they experienced shoulder or elbow pain were divided into two groups based on their pitching
grip, i.e., those who held the ball with the ulnar side of the thumb and those who held it with the finger pad of the
thumb. The metacarpophalangeal joint angle was measured while the participants held a ball.

					

					

						

							

								

									
Magazine(name) 

									
								

							

						

						
The Journal of Physical Therapy Science

					

					

						

							

								

									
Date of Issue 

									
								

							

						

						
202109