Assessment of stereopsis in college baseball pitchers and batters

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-90

  Molia, Leanne M ^a   Rubin, Steven E ^a,b,c   Kohn, Nina ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNIVERSITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

BASEBALL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNIVERSITIES; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032034851     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(98)90069-6     Document Type: Article

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