Do handball throws always exhibit a proximal-to-distal segmental sequence?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 439-447

  Fradet, Laetitia ^a   Botcazou, Maïtel ^a   Durocher, Carole ^a   Cretual, Armel ^a   Multon, Franck ^a   Prioux, Jacques ^b   Delamarche, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Handball; Overarm throwing; Segmental organization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SHOULDER JOINT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPORTS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 2342639519     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410310001641647     Document Type: Article

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