Asymmetric resting scapular posture in healthy overhead athletes

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-570

  Oyama, Sakiko ^a,b   Myers, Joseph B ^a,b,d   Wassinger, Craig A ^a   Ricci, R Daniel ^c   Lephart, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Arshall University   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline assessment; Scapular kinematics; Shoulder evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAPULA; TENNIS; VOLLEYBALL;

EID: 56849134301     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-43.6.565     Document Type: Article

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