Descriptive profile of hip rotation range of motion in elite tennis players and professional baseball pitchers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1371-1376

  Ellenbecker, Todd S ^a   Ellenbecker, Gail A ^b   Roetert, E Paul ^c   Silva, Rogerio Teixeira ^d   Keuter, Greg ^e   Sperling, Fabio ^a  

^a Physiotherapy Associates   (United States)

^b United States Tennis Association ^*

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NEO Sports Medicine Clinic   (United States)

^e Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sports Clinic   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baseball; Hip; Range of motion; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENNIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447506575     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507300260     Document Type: Article

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