Evaluation of the peak torque, total work, average power of flexor-estensor and prono-supinator muscles of the elbow in baseball players

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-92+109

  Costantino, Cosimo ^a,b   Vaienti, Enrico ^a   Pogliacomi, Francesco ^a  

^a Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Average power; Baseball; Elbow muscles; Isokinetic; Peak torque; Total work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT; TORQUE;

ADULT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0041322514     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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