Sequential muscle activity and its functional role in the upper extremity and trunk during overarm throwing

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-310

  Hirashima, Masaya ^a   Kadota, Hiroshi ^a   Sakurai, Shizuka ^a   Kudo, Katzutoshi ^a   Ohtsuki, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Overarm throwing; Proximal to distal sequence; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORCE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SCAPULA; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRUNK; WRIST;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ARM; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER; SPORTS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0036240614     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404102753576071     Document Type: Article

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