The study of elbow injury in male adult kendo players.
Shinya Kishi, Munehito Yoshida
PMID 28356645WHAT IT FOUND
Male adult kendo players commonly reported posterior right elbow pain.
Players aged 36 and older had restricted right elbow extension, and three with pain and limited motion had posterior osteophytes or free fragments on CT.
Key findings
0117 of 22 players reported a history of elbow pain, and all pain was in the posterior right elbow.
02Players aged 36 years or older had less right elbow extension than players aged 25 to 35 years.
03Three players with current pain and limited elbow motion had osteophytes and free bone fragments in the posterior elbow on CT.
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What it does not show
Only 22 elite male kendo players were studied, so results may not apply to players who are not elite male kendo players. The design was descriptive and did not compare kendo players with non-players, so it cannot show that kendo caused the pain or motion loss. Players younger than 25 years were excluded because only 3 were available. CT was done in only 3 players with current pain and limited motion, so structural findings cannot be assumed in all players with pain. The authors' prevention suggestions were not tested.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the CT findings as proof that all kendo players have structural elbow damage. CT was done in only 3 players with current pain and limited motion.