Functional isokinetic strength ratios in baseball players with injured elbows

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-29

  Lin, Yin Chou ^a   Thompson, Angela ^b   Kung, Jung Tang ^c   Chieh, Liang Wei ^a   Chou, Shih Wei ^a   Lin, Jung Charng ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biceps; Concentric; Eccentric; Triceps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; DYNAMOMETER; ELBOW; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TORQUE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951211335     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.19.1.21     Document Type: Article

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