Resting scapular posture in healthy overhead throwing athletes

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 547-550

  Ribeiro, Andrea ^a   Pascoal, Augusto Gil ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Resting; Scapula; Team handball; Volleyball

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESTING SCAPULAR POSTURE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

RESTING; SCAPULA; TEAM-HANDBALL; VOLLEYBALL;

ADULT; ARM; ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REST; SCAPULA; SPORTS;

EID: 84887022066     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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