The relationship between several isokinetic measures and throwing velocity was investigated in intercollegiate baseball pitchers. Ten pitchers were tested for peak torque (PT) at 60 and 240 deg/sec , and torque acceleration energy (TAE), average power (A P) and total work (T W) at 240 deg/sec during shoulder extension and flexion, shoulder internal and external rotation, and elbow flexion and e...

The purpose of this review is to determine how throwing overweight and underweight baseballs affects baseball throwing velocity and accuracy. Two studies examined how a warm-up with overweight baseballs affected throwing velocity and accuracy of 5 oz regulation baseballs. One of these studies showed significant increases in throwing velocity and accuracy, while the other study found no signific...

The fixed duration of a team-handball game and its continuously changing situations incorporate an inherent temporal pressure. Also, the target's position is not foreknown but online determined by the player's interceptive processing of visual information. These ecological limitations do not favour throwing performance, particularly in novice players, and are not reflected in previous experimen...

PURPOSE The main purpose of this study was to compare the effect of a specific resistance training program (throwing movement with a pulley device) with the effect of regular training (throwing with regular balls) on overarm throwing velocity under various conditions. METHODS The training forms were matched for total training load, ie, impulse generated on the ball or pulley device. Both trai...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk between throwing workload and upper limb injury in elite cricketers. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Elite Australian cricket. PARTICIPANTS 28 adult male cricketers aged 18-32 years. ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS Daily throwing workload and injury were prospectively monitored over the 2007-2008 cricket season. Risk ratios (RRs) were calculated to ...

Throwing is a major behavioral component of hominid evolution. Comparison of this behavior across a broad range of non-human primate species is needed to elucidate the phylogenetic constraints on throwing behavior. In this study of stone-throwing in Japanese macaques, we present a systematic multi-group comparison of the frequency and prevalence of this behavior as well as detailed descriptions...

BACKGROUND Despite the recognized importance of proper 3-dimensional motion of the scapula in throwers, minimal research has quantified scapular position and orientation in throwing athletes. HYPOTHESIS Throwing athletes exhibit scapular position and orientation differences when compared to nonthrowing control subjects. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive laboratory study. METHODS Scapular position ...