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. 2018 Nov 23;6:e6003. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6003

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
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.