PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Pages 687-690 , July 2009

Rotator Cuff Tear in a 12-Year-Old Baseball Pitcher: A Case Report

  • Brett A. Gerstman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Administrative Complex Building 1, 30 Bergen St, Newark, NJ 07101-1709†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: B.A.G.
    • ,
  • Gerard A. Malanga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ; Atlantic Sports Health, Morristown, NJ‡
    • ,
  • Steven Ferrer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ§

Received 9 January 2009 ,Accepted 29 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.03.018

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