Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical attention worldwide. In
the United States alone, there are about 7.16 million visits annually to the emergency room …

Trunk pain is a common cause of performance limitation and time away from sport in
athletes. However, atraumatic trunk injuries are underrepresented in medical literature and …

Background: The abdominal core muscles (internal and external oblique, rectus and
transversus abdominis) play an important role in the baseball activities of pitching and …

Background Internal oblique muscle injuries are common in professional baseball pitchers
and may require a prolonged convalescence of up to 10 weeks. Most strains can be …

A variety of sports require exposure to high-impact trauma or characteristic repetitive
movements that predispose to injuries around the thorax. Appropriate prognostication and …

Objectives To provide an overview of the published literature on epidemiology,
pathomechanics and risk factors for side strain injury in sport, complemented by clinical …

Background. Cricket fast bowlers have a high incidence of injury and have been the subject
of previous research investigating the effects of previous injury, workload and technique …

The lateral abdominal wall is comprised of three muscles, each with a different function and
orientation. The transversus abdominus, internal oblique, and external oblique muscles …

Objective: To investigate the past incidence of side strain injury and its associated factors in
first-class cricket fast bowlers in Australia and England. Design: Retrospective case series …

Background Tears of the abdominal obliques have previously been reported in the vicinity of
the lower ribs but they have not been reported in the vicinity of the iliac crest. The purpose of …