Recruitment patterns of the scapular rotator muscles in freestyle swimmers with subacromial impingement

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 618-624

  Wadsworth, D J S ^a   Bullock Saxton, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

EMG; Lower trapezius; Motor control; Serratus anterior; Subacromial impingement; Swimming; Upper trapezius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCAPULA; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SWIMMING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030812720     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972692     Document Type: Article

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