Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit: Pathogenesis and response to acute throwing

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-38

  Kibler, W Ben ^a   Sciascia, Aaron ^a   Thomas, Stephen J ^b  

^a Shoulder Center of Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIRD; shoulder; stiffness; throwing

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; GLENOHUMERAL INTERNAL ROTATION DEFICIT; GONIOMETRY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SHOULDER; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THIXOTROPY; TOTAL ARC OF MOTION DEFICIT;

ARM INJURIES; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84857353009     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e318244853e     Document Type: Review

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