Lower extremity muscle activation during baseball pitching

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 964-971

  Campbell, Brian M ^a   Stodden, David F ^b   Nixon, Megan K ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c Bradley University   (United States)

Author keywords

Stride leg; Throwing; Trail leg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BASEBALL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950687926     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181cb241b     Document Type: Article

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