The shoulders of professional beach volleyball players: High prevalence of infraspinatus muscle atrophy

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1375-1383

  Lajtai, Georg ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^b   Aitzetmüller, Gernot ^c   Pirkl, Christof ^d   Gerber, Christian ^b   Jost, Bernhard ^b  

^a Humanomed Center Althofen   (Austria)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Diakonissen Hospital Linz   (Austria)

^d Klinikum Wels Grieskirchen   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach volleyball; Overuse; Professional; Sports injury; Volleyball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; VOLLEYBALL;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SHOULDER; VOLLEYBALL;

EID: 70350060109     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509333850     Document Type: Article

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