Kinematic comparisons of throwing different types of baseball pitches

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-23

  Escamilla, Rafael F ^a,b   Fleisig, Glenn S ^a   Barrentine, Steven W ^a   Zheng, Naiquan ^a   Andrews, James R ^a  

^a California Polytech State Univ ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Change up; Curveball; Fastball; Slider

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARM ACCELERATION; ARM COCKING; SHOULDER ADDUCTION; TRUNK ANGULAR VELOCITIES;

SPORTS MEDICINE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; COLLEGE STUDENT; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRUNK;

EID: 0032005865     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.14.1.1     Document Type: Article

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