Pitching biomechanics as a pitcher approaches muscular fatigue during a simulated baseball game

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Escamilla, Rafael F ^a   Barrentine, Steven W ^b   Fleisig, Glenn S ^b   Zheng, Naiquan ^c   Takada, Yoshihiro ^d   Kingsley, David ^b   Andrews, James R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elbow; Force; Injury; Kinematics; Kinetics; Shoulder; Torque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BASEBALL; ELBOW; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33845873604     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506293025     Document Type: Article

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