Biomechanical comparison between elite female and male baseball pitchers

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Chu, Yungchien ^a   Fleisig, Glenn S ^b   Simpson, Kathy J ^a   Andrews, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Kinematic; Kinetic; Pitching

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; KINETICS;

ELBOW EXTENSION; ELBOW JOINTS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; KNEE EXTENSION; PITCHING;

SPORTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BALLET DANCER; BASEBALL; BASEBALL PITCHER; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

EID: 63449142430     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.25.1.22     Document Type: Article

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