Infraspinatus Muscle Atrophy in Professional Baseball Players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-120

  Cummins, Craig Anthony ^a   Messer, Terry M ^b   Schafer, Michael F ^c  

^a Lake Cook Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Infraspinatus muscle; Muscle atrophy; Spinoglenoid notch; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS;

ADULT; BASEBALL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0942290671     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503260731     Document Type: Article

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