Quantifying acromiohumeral distance in overhead athletes with glenohumeral internal rotation loss and the influence of a stretching program

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2105-2112

  Maenhout, Annelies ^a   Van Eessel, Valerie ^a   Van Dyck, Lieselot ^a   Vanraes, Aagje ^a   Cools, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

decreased internal rotation; overhead athletes; shoulder impingement syndrome; subacromial space

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

ACROMION; ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866012890     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512454530     Document Type: Article

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