Prevalence and Associated Factors of Rotator Cuff Tears and Shoulder Pain in Older Baseball Players: A Cross-sectional Study
This study revealed that 26.5% of older baseball players had RCTs in their throwing shoulder, of which two-thirds were asymptomatic. Additionally, the prevalence of RCTs was similar on the throwing and nonthrowing sides. Age was the most relevant factor associated with RCTs on the throwing side. However, after excluding those with RCTs on the bilateral sides, a high frequency of weekly participation was more strongly associated with the presence of RCTs than was age.
Authors
- Kohei Kishimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3449-0290)
- Takayuki Komatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-2081)
- Masashi Aoyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-1580)
- Yuki Shiota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2712-7111)
- Yuji Takazawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-8477)
- Ryota Kuratsubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-2900)
- Yuki Someya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-3199)
- Masashi Nagao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-4650)
- Y. Saeki
- Takumi Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7198-6295)
- Atsushi Kubota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-0367)
Institutions
- Ritsumeikan University (JP)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Nippon Koei (Japan) (JP)
- Kitasato Institute Hospital (JP)
- Kitasato University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671251397547
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00