Biomechanics of youth windmill softball pitching

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 552-560

  Werner, Sherry L ^a   Guido, John A ^a   McNeice, Ryan P ^a   Richardson, Jasper L ^a   Delude, Neil A ^a   Stewart, Gregory W ^a  

^a Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Kinematics; Kinetics; Pitching; Softball

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SOFTBALL; SPORT; STRESS; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 15744401128     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504269253     Document Type: Article

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