Differences in scapular upward rotation between baseball pitchers and position players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2091-2095

  Laudner, Kevin G ^a   Stanek, Justin M ^a   Meister, Keith ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital inclinometer; Kinematics; Scapula; Throwing athletes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BASEBALL PITCHER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION PLAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BASEBALL; HUMANS; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 36248967639     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507305098     Document Type: Article

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