Associations among hip and shoulder range of motion and shoulder injury in professional baseball players

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Scher, Steve ^a   Anderson, Kyle ^b   Weber, Nick ^c   Bajorek, Jeff ^c   Rand, Kevin ^d   Bey, Michael J ^c  

^a Team Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Detroit Tigers   (United States)

Author keywords

Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit; Injuries; Kinetic chain; Throwing athletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASEBALL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER;

EID: 77950228129     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-45.2.191     Document Type: Article

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