Physical contributors to glenohumeral internal rotation deficit in high school baseball players

Physical contributors to glenohumeral internal rotation deficit in high school baseball players

Background: Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a risk factor for shoulder and elbow injury in baseball players. Although this evidence forms a basis for recommending stretching, clinical measures of internal rotation range of motion (ROM) do not differentiate if GIRD is due to muscular...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth E. Hibberd, Casey E. Shutt, Sakiko Oyama, J. Troy Blackburn, Joseph B. Myers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Sport and Health Science
Subjects:
Baseball
GIRD
Humeral retrotorsion
Muscle stiffness
Posterior capsule thickness
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254614000970

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