The acute effects of sleeper stretches on shoulder range of motion

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-363

  Laudner, Kevin G ^a   Sipes, Robert C ^b   Wilson, James T ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Soft tissue; Throwing athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; COLLEGE STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

EID: 51349138312     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-43.4.359     Document Type: Article

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