Isokinetic performance and shoulder mobility in elite volleyball athletes from the United Kingdom

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Wang, Hsing Kuo ^a   Macfarlane, Alison ^b   Cochrane, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isokinetic testing; Muscle imbalance; Rotator muscles; Shoulder; Volleyball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; SPORTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034067191     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.34.1.39     Document Type: Article

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