Glenohumeral internal rotation deficits in professional pitchers enrolled in an internal rotation stretching program

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-621

  Lintner, David ^a,e   Mayol, Magdiel ^b   Uzodinma, Obinna ^c   Jones, Rex ^d   Labossiere, David ^d  

^a Methodist Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Houston Astros   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal rotation deficit; Professional baseball pitcher; Shoulder motion; Soft tissue adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GONIOMETRY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BASEBALL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250772245     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506296736     Document Type: Article

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