A Systematic Review of the Orthopaedic Literature on Truncal and Lower Extremity Injuries in Major League Baseball Players.

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35 , 36 Abdominal Strains Using data from MLB HITS database between 2010 and 2015, Camp et al 26 reported an injury rate of one oblique strain per 1,342 appearances among MLB players, with a decreasing trend in overall abdominal injury rate over the same study period.

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