Clinical measures of shoulder mobility in college water-polo players

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-57

  Witwer, Aaron ^a   Sauers, Eric ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Overhead athlete; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER INJURY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWIMMING;

EID: 31544438301     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.15.1.45     Document Type: Article

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