Characterization of arm-gun movement during air pistol aiming phase

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-475

  Pellegrini, B ^a   Schena, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Movement; Pistol; Posture; Shooting sport

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR PISTOL SHOOTING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; EVALUATION; FIREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PISTOL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRAINING; TREMOR; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FIREARMS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHOULDER; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRIST;

EID: 33645035981     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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