The effects of various therapeutic measures on shoulder range of motion and cross-sectional areas of rotator cuff muscles after baseball pitching

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-366

  Yanagisawa, O ^a   Miyanaga, Y ^a   Shiraki, H ^a   Shimojo, H ^a   Mukai, N ^a   Niitsu, M ^a   Itai, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries, therapy; Baseball; Cryotherapy; Muscle fibers; Muscle, skeletal; Rotator cuff; Shoulder, injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SHOULDER INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; ICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

EID: 0345169103     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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