Shoulder muscle firing patterns during the windmill softball pitch

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-374

  Maffet, Mark W ^a   Jobe, Frank W ^a   Pink, Marilyn M ^a   Brault, John ^a   Mathiyakom, Witaya ^a  

^a Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0030968662     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/036354659702500317     Document Type: Article

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