Correlation of range of motion and glenohumeral translation in professional baseball pitchers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1392-1399

  Borsa, Paul A ^a   Wilk, Kevin E ^b   Jacobson, Jon A ^c   Scibek, Jason S ^d   Dover, Geoffrey C ^a   Reinold, Michael M ^b   Andrews, James R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Champion Sports Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Alabama Sports Med/Orthoped Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Force displacement; Joint laxity; Ligament; Shoulder; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 23944520452     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504273490     Document Type: Article

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