Table 1 patient demographic and clinical data
From: Characteristics of internal oblique muscle strain in professional baseball players: a case series
Case | Age (year) | Position | Injured month | The interval between the injury onset and MRI scan (day) | Mechanism of injury | Dominant side | Injured side | Injury site on MRI | Return to play (day) | Second injury |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 28 | Fielder | Feb | 3 | Batting (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 13 | – |
2 | 25 | Pitcher | Feb | 21 | Pitching (practice) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 53 | – |
3 | 22 | Pitcher | Mar | 1 | Pitching (practice) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | Season interruption | – |
4 | 31 | Fielder | Mar | 2 | Batting (practice) | right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 20 | – |
5 | 34 | Fielder | Mar | 1 | Batting (practice) | Left | Dominant | Lower rib area | 34 | – |
6 | 30 | Fielder | Apr | 1 | Batting (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 34 | – |
7 | 31 | Fielder | Apr | 1 | Batting (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 21 | – |
8 | 30 | Pitcher | Apr | 11 | Pitching (game) | Right | Dominant | Lower rib area | 35 | + |
9 | 30 | Pitcher | May | 5 | Unclear | Right | Dominant | Lower rib area | 28 | – |
10 | 22 | Fielder | May | 0 | Batting (practice) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 23 | – |
11 | 27 | Pitcher | May | 1 | Pitching (game) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 28 | – |
12 | 33 | Fielder | May | 0 | Batting (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 36 | – |
13 | 31 | Fielder | May | 4 | Batting (game) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 29 | – |
14 | 27 | Fielder | Jun | 0 | Batting (practice) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 8 | + |
15 | 40 | Pitcher | Jul | 1 | Pitching (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 25 | – |
16 | 32 | Fielder | Jul | 0 | Batting (game) | Left | Dominant | Lower rib area | 28 | – |
17 | 23 | Fielder | Aug | 4 | Batting (game) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | 31 | + |
18 | 29 | Fielder | Aug | 1 | Batting (game) | Right | Dominant | Lower rib area | 28 | + |
19 | 27 | Fielder | Sep | 1 | Batting (game) | Right | Dominant | Lower rib area | 24 | + |
20 | 23 | Fielder | Sep | 2 | Throwing (practice) | Right | Contralateral | Lower rib area | Season ended | – |
21 | 25 | Fielder | Oct | 1 | Batting (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | Season ended | – |
22 | 31 | Pitcher | Oct | 2 | Pitching (game) | Left | Contralateral | Lower rib area | Season ended | – |
23 | 21 | Fielder | Nov | 1 | Batting (game) | Right | Dominant | Lower rib area | Season ended | – |