Exploring the mechanism of skilled overarm throwing

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-211

  Hirashima, Masaya ^a,b   Ohtsuki, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baseball pitching; Forward dynamics; Inverse dynamics; Multijoint movements; Muscle torque; Three dimensional movements; Velocity dependent torque

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BASEBALL; GRAVITY; JOINT; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; VELOCITY; ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 58149149973     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31818781cf     Document Type: Review

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