Youth Baseball Pitching Mechanics: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Pitching injuries in youth baseball are increasing in incidence. Poor pitching mechanics in young throwers have not been sufficiently evaluated due to the lack of a basic biomechanical understanding of the "normal" youth pitching motion.

Objective

To provide a greater understanding of the kinetics and kinematics of the youth baseball pitching motion.

Data sources

PubMed, MEDLINE, and SPORTDiscus databases were searched from database inception through February 2017.

Study selection

A total of 10 biomechanical studies describing youth pitching mechanics were included.

Study design

Systematic review.

Level of evidence

Level 3.

Data extraction

Manual extraction and compilation of demographic, methodology, kinetic, and kinematic variable

SUBMITTER: Thompson SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857730 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature