Effects of bat grip on baseball hitting kinematics

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Escamilla, Rafael F ^a,b   Fleisig, Glenn S ^c   DeRenne, Coop ^d   Taylor, Marcus K ^e   Moorman III, Claude T ^f   Imamura, Rodney ^a   Barakatt, Edward ^a   Andrews, James R ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Andrews Paulos Research and Education Institute   (United States)

^c AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Batting; Biomechanics; Choke up; Swing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; KINEMATICS;

BATTING; ELBOW EXTENSION; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; LINEAR VELOCITY; MOTION SYSTEM; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SWING; TIME DURATION;

SPORTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 68049088936     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.25.3.203     Document Type: Article

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