Rotator Cuff Training & Research Validity

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Kim Goss wrote:

< Until you can convince the medical community that isolation exercises...>

Mel Siff:

<..........there is no research or clinical evidence whatsoever which shows

that the ball and exclusively isolated rotator cuff exercise is any more

effective than PNF and other familiar methods of rehabilitation. >

Donatelli, PT, performed research where he claimed, in person to me,

that his rotator cuff program increased baseball pithcing throwing velocities.

No other strength training or pitching training was included in the study.

The problem is that the study is bogus, IMO. Donatelli took Division Three

pitchers, some of whom had rarely pitched before, as his group. Many quit the

trial, he used an archaic radar gun to assess velocity and no controls were

enforced on the subjects during the trial periods.

I spoke to the Emory University Head Baseball Coach and he laughed at the

suggestion that his pitchers did not practise for weeks just prior to the

season starting, which was the period the study encompassed.

Which brings along another question:

How does one assess the validity of a study (research), the authors and the

conclusions, anyway?

Cid Summers

burg TN