Preventing pitchers from throwing too much Elbow surgery for the first time in the nationwide survey January 17 20:48
The Japan Baseball Council, made up of representatives of baseball professionals and amateur groups, surveyed doctors nationwide about the number of surgeries performed in the past year to determine the actual situation of elbow injuries caused by overthrowing. Was decided.
The Japan Baseball Association held a secretary's meeting in Tokyo on the 17th, and decided to conduct a questionnaire survey of about 120 orthopedic surgeons nationwide who are treating baseball and elbows that have been hurt while playing baseball.
A questionnaire survey showed that during the past year, Tommy John's surgery was used to repair a damaged ligament in the elbow and to remove or remove the cartilage in the elbow. About each age group.
According to the Japan Baseball Association, this is the first nationwide survey of the number of such elbow surgeries, and we hope to understand the actual situation first to help prevent future injuries.
In addition, in high school baseball, since the limit on the number of pitches per pitcher to 500 or less in a week is introduced from Senbatsu in spring, by grasping the change in the number of surgeries through continuous surveys, He says that the effect of the introduction of the number of balls can be verified.