Normalized jerk: A measure to capture developmental characteristics of young girls' overarm throwing

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-203

  Yan, Jin H ^a   Hinrichs, Richard N ^b   Payne, V Gregory ^c   Thomas, Jerry R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Arm movement; Jerk; Young females

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARM MOVEMENT; NORMALIZED JERK; OVERARM THROWING; YOUNG FEMALES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARM EXERCISE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034071713     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.16.2.196     Document Type: Article

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