A biomechanical comparison of dominant and non-dominant arm throws for speed and accuracy

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 334-344

  Sachlikidis, Alexi ^a,b   Salter, Craig ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Cricket Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Biomechanics; Kinematics; Speed accuracy; Throwing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38449083330     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140701491294     Document Type: Article

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