On-the-field resistance-tubing exercises for throwers: An electromyographic analysis

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-22

  Myers, Joseph B ^a,b   Pasquale, Maria R ^a   Laudner, Kevin G ^a   Sell, Timothy C ^a   Bradley, James P ^a   Lephart, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECELERATION; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WARMING;

EID: 16344392318     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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