A bilateral comparison of posterior capsule thickness and its correlation with glenohumeral range of motion and scapular upward rotation in collegiate baseball players

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 708-716

  Thomas, Stephen J ^a   Swanik, Charles Buz ^b   Higginson, Jill S ^b   Kaminski, Thomas W ^b   Swanik, Kathleen A ^c   Bartolozzi, Arthur R ^d   Abboud, Joseph A ^d   Nazarian, Levon N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic Study Using Healthy Volunteers; Baseball; Capsule; GIRD; Scapula; Throwing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; GLENOHUMERAL INTERNAL ROTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCLINOMETER; INSTRUMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CAPSULE THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPULA; SCAPULAR UPWARD ROTATION; SPORT; SUPINE POSITION;

BASEBALL; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958806075     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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