Valgus torque in youth baseball pitchers: A biomechanical study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-355

  Sabick, Michelle B ^a,c   Torry, Michael R ^a   Lawton, Richard L ^a   Hawkins, Richard J ^a,b  

^a STEADMAN HAWKINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^c Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; TORQUE; VARIANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE;

EID: 1942436765     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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