Injury Patterns and Biomechanics of the Athlete's Shoulder

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-551

  Lintner, Dave ^a   Noonan, Thomas J ^b   Kibler, W Ben ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^c Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Evaluation; Kinetic chain

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROTATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SWIMMING; TENNIS; TORQUE; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARM; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; TENNIS;

EID: 57049093903     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.07.007     Document Type: Review

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