Effects of a 4-Week youth baseball conditioning program on throwing velocity

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3247-3254

  Escamilla, Rafael F ^a   Fleisig, Glenn S ^b   Yamashiro, Kyle ^c   Mikla, Tony ^c   Dunning, Russell ^c   Paulos, Lonnie ^a   Andrews, James R ^a,b  

^a Andrews Paulos Research and Education Institute   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Results Physical Therapy and Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball velocity; Little league; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; ROTATION; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING; ROTATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79953015812     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181db9f59     Document Type: Article

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