Cricket: Technique factors related to ball release speed and trunk injuries in high performance Cricket fast bowlers

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-284

  Portus, Marc R ^a,b   Mason, Bruce R ^b   Elliott, Bruce C ^c   Pfitzner, Max C ^b   Done, Richard P ^b  

^a Cricket Australia   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cricket; Fast bowling; Injuries; Release speed; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; BACK INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SPORTS;

EID: 16644385270     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140408522845     Document Type: Article

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