Increases in Ball Weight and Size Decrease Elbow Varus Torque During Baseball Pitching
As elbow varus torque has been staassociated with UCL injury risk, increasing ball weight and/or size may reduce the rate of injury.
Authors
- Jonathan S. Slowik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-6786)
- Glenn S. Fleisig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9029-8749)
- Jacob Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-8149)
- David P. Beason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-3746)
- E. Lyle Cain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2156-6102)
Institutions
- American Sports Medicine Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671251368999
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Major League Baseball