Variability in baseball pitching biomechanics among various levels of competition

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-21

  Fleisig, Glenn ^a   Chu, Yungchien ^a   Weber, Adam ^a   Andrews, James ^a  

^a AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Elbow injury; Kinematics; Kinetics; Shoulder injury; Timing; Variation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELBOW; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; SHOULDER JOINT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749093080     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140802629958     Document Type: Article

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