Whole-body vibration effects on the muscle activity of upper and lower body muscles during the baseball swing in recreational baseball hitters

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 280-293

  Reyes, Gabriel F ^a   Dickin, D Clark ^b   Crusat, Nolan J K ^c   Dolny, Dennis G ^d  

^a Concordia University ^*  (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball performance; electromyography; recruitment order

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857680962     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2011.629208     Document Type: Article

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