Comparison of kinematics in skilled and unskilled arms of the same recreational baseball players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1183-1194

  Gray, S ^a   Watts, S ^a   Debicki, D ^a   Hore, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm kinematics; Interaction torques; Overarm throwing; Skill; Unskilled arms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; SKILL; SPORTS MEDICINE; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 33750056677     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500497584     Document Type: Article

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