title: Fauls stretching routine produces acute gains in throwing shoulder mobility in collegiate baseball players.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Stretching prior to activity or as a rehabilitative intervention may promote increased throwing shoulder range of motion (ROM) in baseball pitchers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the acute effects of Fauls modified passive stretching routine on throwing shoulder mobility in collegiate baseball players.
  
  
  METHODS
  Repeated measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty collegiate baseball players with unimpaired shoulders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fauls modified passive stretching routine was performed on the throwing shoulder of each subject.
  
  
  METHODS
  Shoulder complex and passive isolated glenohumeral internal and external rotation ROM were measured with a goniometer, and posterior shoulder tightness was assessed with the Tyler's test method using a carpenter's square. Measurements were made bilaterally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The dominant shoulder displayed significant increases in glenohumeral and shoulder complex internal and external rotation ROM and significantly decreased posterior shoulder tightness following the stretching routine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Application of the Fauls modified passive shoulder stretching routine results in acute gains in throwing shoulder mobility of collegiate baseball players.
authors: Athletic Training Program, Arizona School of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ, USA. esauers@atsu.edu
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Sauers
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: August
authors: Alison
authors: A
authors: Snyder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053587:Arthrometry, Articular; D001484:Baseball / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D052580:Muscle Stretching Exercises / Q000379:methods*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D012399:Rotation; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000502:physiology*