Posts by Donna Moxley Scarborough, PT, MS, PhD
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Biomechanics Research Aims to Improve Sports Performance
For Senior Sports Medicine Scientist Donna Moxley Scarborough, PT, MS, PhD, studying the wide variety of movement patterns, or kinematic sequences, that baseball pitchers and other athletes use when throwing provides clues to improving athletic performance and reducing the risk of orthopedic injury.
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Kinematic Sequence More Important Than Pitch Delivery Approach for Preventing Baseball Injuries
Researchers in the Sports Medicine Service have determined that instructing baseball pitchers in the ideal kinematic sequence (the pattern of energy transfer in the body) could protect them from injury to the shoulder and elbow, regardless of whether they throw from the traditional windup or the stretch delivery.
Biography
Donna Moxley Scarborough, PT, MS, PhD, is a senior sports medicine research scientist in the Department of Orthopaedics at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and surgeons treat the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions throughout the body, from sprains and strains on the athletic field to carpal tunnel syndrome. Our team offers innovative, research-based treatments that range from limb-saving oncological procedures to complex spinal reconstruction.