Glenohumeral joint total rotation range of motion in elite tennis players and baseball pitchers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2052-2056

  Ellenbecker, Todd S ^a,b,c,d,e   Roetert, E Paul ^a,b,c,d,e   Bailie, David S ^a,b,c,d,e   Davies, George J ^a,b,c,d,e   Brown, Scott W ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Scottsdale Sports Clinic   (United States)

^b United States Tennis Association   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

External rotation; Goniometry; Internal rotation; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SHOULDER; TENNIS;

EID: 0036898732     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00028     Document Type: Article

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