Little league shoulder syndrome in an adolescent cricket player

W R Drescher; A Falliner; T Zantop; K Oehlert; W Petersen; J Hassenpflug

doi:10.1136/bjsm.2003.008193

Little league shoulder syndrome in an adolescent cricket player

Br J Sports Med. 2004 Aug;38(4):E14. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.008193.

Authors

W R Drescher¹, A Falliner, T Zantop, K Oehlert, W Petersen, J Hassenpflug

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-University, Michaelisstr. 1, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. wolfdrescher@hotmail.com

Abstract

The first case of little league shoulder syndrome in a cricket player is reported. The condition has been reported in baseball pitchers and is characterised by a proximal humeral epiphyseolysis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Athletic Injuries / etiology*
Child
Epiphyses / injuries
Humans
Humerus / injuries
Male
Range of Motion, Articular
Recurrence
Shoulder Pain / etiology*
Syndrome