Bat Kinematics in Baseball: Implications for Ball Exit Velocity and Player Safety

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-294

  Nicholls, Rochelle L ^a   Elliott, Bruce C ^a   Miller, Karol ^a   Koh, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Equipment design; Field performance; Injury risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; SAFETY FACTOR;

BASEBALL;

BIOMECHANICS;

METAL;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; WOOD;

EID: 0242496418     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.19.4.283     Document Type: Article

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