title: The influence of body composition on youth throwing kinetics.
abstract: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the influence of segmental mass and body composition on the upper extremity biomechanics of overweight youth participating in baseball activities. The study used a regression framework to investigate the relationship between whole body, throwing arm segmental mass and body composition measures to kinetic variables about the shoulder and elbow. The multivariate regression results indicated a strong positive significant relationship between each of the mass variables to that of the moment variables about the shoulder and elbow. Participants who had a greater percentage of fat mass produced greater injury correlated moments about the shoulder and elbow.
authors: Applied Biomechanics Laboratory, Dept. of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA.
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Garner
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: MacDonald
authors: Chip
authors: C
authors: Wade
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Johnson
authors: M Allison
authors: MA
authors: Ford
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology*; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001484:Baseball / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors