An eccentric- and concentric-strength profile of shoulder external and internal rotator muscles in professional baseball pitchers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Sirota, Stephen C ^a,b   Malanga, Gerard A ^a   Eischen, Joseph J ^a   Laskowski, Edward R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b St Charles Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0031021915     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/036354659702500111     Document Type: Article

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