To gather information for the app, researchers strapped Padres pitchers’ arms with Wii devices to gauge range of motion and shoulder flexibility. The researchers hope to find trends in the way pitchers are feeling throughout spring training.
Heinz Hoenecke, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Scripps and head team physician for the Padres, has been working on an eight year study about shoulder replacement surgeries. “It’s really a study of arthritic patients that have demonstrated to us that, just as an athlete does, we need to learn to better understand how muscular forces move across the shoulder and the joint,” he said in the report.
Read the San Diego Union Tribune report about rotator cuff repair.
Read other coverage on team physicians:
– Celtics Team Physician Dr. Brian McKeon Treats Two Players
– Two Cincinnati Bengals Team Physicians Relinquish Responsibilities
