A problem at hand for catchers.A young professional baseball catcher, who may receive more than 100 pitches per game thrown at more than 90 miles per hour, is at increased risk of having circulatory circulatory /cir·cu·la·to·ry/ (ser´ku-lah-tor?e) 1. pertaining to circulation, particularly that of the blood. 2. containing blood. cir·cu·la·to·ry n. 1. abnormalities in his catching hand, a new study suggests. Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. in Winston-Salem, N.C., asked 36 minor-league ballplayers of the various fielding positions whether they experienced pain in either their catching or throwing hands during or between games. Using ultrasound and blood pressure tests, the researchers also assessed whether each hand's blood vessels Blood vessels Tubular channels for blood transport, of which there are three principal types: arteries, capillaries, and veins. Only the larger arteries and veins in the body bear distinct names. had been damaged. "The majority of the problems were in catchers Catchers was an Irish Indie Pop band formed in 1993 and led by singer-songwriter Dale Grundle. The band consisted of Dale Grundle (vocals/guitar), Alice Lemon (vocals/keyboards), Peter Kelly (drums), Ger FitzGerald (bass, until 1995), Craig Carpenter (bass, 1996 onwards) and , and almost all of them were in the gloved hand," says T. Adam Ginn, an orthopedic orthopedic /or·tho·pe·dic/ (-pe´dik) pertaining to the correction of deformities of the musculoskeletal system; pertaining to orthopedics. surgeon at Wake Forest. All nine catchers described hand pain during games, and several said that they had chronic pain in the hand that was frequently pounded by fastballs. Few of the other players had similar symptoms. Five of the catchers showed altered blood flow in their gloved hands, a significantly higher proportion than among the other players, the researchers report in the July Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.--B.H. |
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