Clinical Measures of Adolescent Softball Players With and Without Upper-Extremity Pain: A Preliminary Study.

These findings inform clinicians on function and preseason clinical measures in adolescent softball athletes who present with or without UE pain. Athletes with UE pain demonstrated lower outcome scores indicating likely impact on overall UE function. These athletes also appeared to demonstrate UE ROM differences compared with athletes without UE pain. Further research is needed to investigate larger sample sizes and positional differences at baseline and throughout the season to determine if clinical measures used in the current study are risk factors for pain and injury.