Indirect Ultrasound Measurement of humeral torsion in adolescent baseball players and non-athletic adults: Reliability and significance

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-318

  Whiteley, Rod ^a   Ginn, Karen ^a   Nicholson, Leslie ^a   Adams, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baseball; Humeral torsion; Reliability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SHOULDER INJURY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; TORSION; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 33746087995     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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