Isokinetic profile of shoulder internal and external rotators of high school aged baseball pitchers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 861-866

  Mulligan, Ivan J ^a,b   Biddington, William B ^c   Barnhart, Bruce D ^c   Ellenbecker, Todd S ^d  

^a Rocky Mountain University of the Health Professions   (United States)

^b Vantage Phys Ther and Rehab   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Physiotherapy Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscular strength; Pediatrics; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LIMB; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE;

EID: 10344230531     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/14633.1     Document Type: Article

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