Table 7. Kinematic data, velocity decrease group.
Kinematic/biomechanical data on the athletes that lost velocity in the study.
Pre-test (n = 8) | Post-test (n = 8) | P value for pre and post-test comparison | |
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Front foot contact | |||
Elbow flexion (°) | 106 ± 18 | 98 ± 20 | 0.067 |
Shoulder horizontal abduction (°) | 41 ± 9 | 41 ± 17 | 0.991 |
Shoulder abduction (°) | 85 ± 15 | 87 ± 14 | 0.561 |
External rotation (°) | 41 ± 14 | 39 ± 24 | 0.779 |
Wrist extension (°) | 15 ± 17 | 12 ± 18 | 0.343 |
Pelvis angular velocity (°/s) | 94 ± 9 | 92 ± 6 | 0.461 |
Arm cocking/ acceleration phase | |||
Maximum pelvis angular velocity (°/s) | 751 ± 100 | 720 ± 152 | 0.409 |
Maximum torso angular velocity (°/s) | 955 ± 74 | 968 ± 117 | 0.685 |
Maximum internal rotation velocity (°/s) | 4,638 ± 493 | 4,699 ± 633 | 0.550 |
Maximum elbow extension velocity (°/s) | 2,302 ± 173 | 2,181 ± 327 | 0.129 |
Maximum external rotation (°) | 170 ± 8 | 168 ± 7 | 0.155 |
Ball release | |||
Elbow flexion (°) | 16 ± 6 | 17 ± 7 | 0.325 |
Shoulder horizontal abduction (°) | 0 ± 6 | −1 ± 6 | 0.298 |
Shoulder abduction (°) | 98 ± 8 | 94 ± 5 | 0.151 |
External rotation (°) | 92 ± 14 | 85 ± 14 | 0.221 |
Wrist extension (°) | 2 ± 7 | 1 ± 4 | 0.876 |
Pelvis angular velocity (°/s) | 109 ± 5 | 107 ± 8 | 0.315 |
Notes.
indicates that value was found to be statistically significant.