Functional hip characteristics of baseball pitchers and position players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-387

  Laudner, Kevin G ^a   Moore, Stephanie D ^a   Sipes, Robert C ^b   Meister, Keith ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Range of motion; Strength; Throwing athlete

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BASEBALL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849089135     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509347365     Document Type: Article

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