Injury prevention and overhead athletes

Field:

• Orthopaedics 
• Orthopedic sports medicine
• Overhead athletes

Location: Ochsner Clinical School

Type of student: Higher Degree Research only i.e. PhD or MPhil (intercalated MD-PhD & MD-MPhil) 

Type of work: 

• Chart reviews 
• Clinical work 
• Literature review  
• Qualitative methods 
• Secondary data analysis 
• Statistical analysis 
• Systematic review

Brief synopsis: Prospective biomechanical assessments of the throwing shoulder in overhead athletes in correlation with in-season in jury and risk preventi.

Prerequisite skills: Established and committed interest in orthopedic surgery