The role of upper limb segment rotations in the development of racket-head speed in the squash forehand

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Elliott, Bruce ^a   Marshall, Robert ^b   Noffal, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Forehand; Segment contributions; Squash

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; SHOULDER; VELOCITY; WRIST;

EID: 0029985599     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640419608727697     Document Type: Article

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