Professional advancement, performance, and injury characteristics of baseball players entering the Major League Baseball draft after treatment for shoulder injuries.
Major League Baseball
draft
injuries
outcomes
performance
players
shoulder
Journal
Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery
ISSN: 1532-6500
Titre abrégé: J Shoulder Elbow Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9206499
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
26
04
2018
revised:
21
07
2018
accepted:
25
07
2018
pubmed:
7
10
2018
medline:
14
3
2019
entrez:
7
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
How shoulder injuries treated before the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft affect the player's performance over their career is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether prior shoulder injuries were associated with a difference in the level of performance and advancement of MLB draftees. Before entering the draft, 119 professional baseball players from 2004 to 2010 were treated for a shoulder injury (73% treated surgically) as an amateur. A 3:1 matched case-control was performed to players without prior shoulder injuries by age, position, round selected, and signing bonus. Follow-up data were collected in 2016, and professional advancement, disabled list time, and in-game performance statistics for pitchers were analyzed and compared. Players with a prior shoulder injury had a statistically higher chance to be assigned to the disabled list then controls (P = .03), but there was no difference in disabled list time or professional advancement. Pitchers with a prior shoulder injury pitched a statistically lower number of innings per game than controls (P = .04). All other in-game performance statistics were not statistically different. The type of treatment did not have any effect on future performance or advancement. Professional baseball players treated for prior shoulder injuries at the amateur level were more likely to sustain future disability than their matched controls, but it did not affect professional advancement.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
How shoulder injuries treated before the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft affect the player's performance over their career is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether prior shoulder injuries were associated with a difference in the level of performance and advancement of MLB draftees.
METHODS
METHODS
Before entering the draft, 119 professional baseball players from 2004 to 2010 were treated for a shoulder injury (73% treated surgically) as an amateur. A 3:1 matched case-control was performed to players without prior shoulder injuries by age, position, round selected, and signing bonus. Follow-up data were collected in 2016, and professional advancement, disabled list time, and in-game performance statistics for pitchers were analyzed and compared.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Players with a prior shoulder injury had a statistically higher chance to be assigned to the disabled list then controls (P = .03), but there was no difference in disabled list time or professional advancement. Pitchers with a prior shoulder injury pitched a statistically lower number of innings per game than controls (P = .04). All other in-game performance statistics were not statistically different. The type of treatment did not have any effect on future performance or advancement.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Professional baseball players treated for prior shoulder injuries at the amateur level were more likely to sustain future disability than their matched controls, but it did not affect professional advancement.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30290986
pii: S1058-2746(18)30554-8
doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.07.027
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
220-226Informations de copyright
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