Biceps activity during windmill softball pitching: Injury implications and comparison with overhand throwing

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 558-565

  Rojas, Idubijes L ^a   Provencher, Matthew T ^b   Bhatia, Sanjeev ^a   Foucher, Kharma C ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a   Romeo, Anthony A ^a   Wimmer, Markus A ^a   Verma, Nikhil N ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Bicipital tendinitis; Long head biceps; Softball; Tendinitis; Windmill pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MECHANICS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; VELOCITY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ELBOW; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

BASEBALL; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049114738     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508328105     Document Type: Article

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