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Little League Elbow

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Little League Elbow
An overuse injury that causes medial epicondylitis, manifest as apophyseal tenderness with ulnar nerve irritation. If severe, Little League elbow may require surgery with possible lifelong arthralgia, due to injury of the physeal cells under the articular cartilage; permanent damage results from repeated and excessive axial loading, which compresses the cells against the osseous matrix; late sequelae: osteochondritis dissecans
Little League elbow
Pitcher's elbow Sports medicine A form of medial epicondylitis, manifest as apophyseal tenderness with ulnar nerve irritation; if severe, the LLE may require surgery with possible lifelong arthralgia, due to injury of the physeal cells under the articular cartilage; permanent damage results from repeated and excess axial loading, which compresses the cells against the osseous matrix; late sequelae, osteochondritis dissecans
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