Analysis of Player Statistics in Major League Baseball Players Before and After Achilles Tendon Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No currently available literature evaluates the effect of Achilles tendon repair on professional baseball players in the Major League Baseball (MLB).

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of Achilles tendon rupture and repair on MLB players in terms of return to play and batting/fielding performance metrics.

Methods

Achilles tendon rupture data were retrospectively collected using information from the MLB disabled list, injury reports, MLB game summaries, player profiles, and publicly available news articles. Four pair-matched control MLB position players were selected for each of the players who underwent advanced analysis. Baseline characteristics were compared between injured players and controls using Fisher's exact or

SUBMITTER: Saltzman BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481262 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature