CONTEXT: 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. DESIGN: Repeated measures. SETTING: Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty collegiate baseball players with unimpaired shoulders. INTERVENTIONS: Fauls modified passive stretching routine was performed on the throwing shoulder of each subject. OUTCOME MEASURES: 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. CONCLUSION: Application of the Fauls modified passive shoulder stretching routine results in acute gains in throwing shoulder mobility of collegiate baseball players.
CONTEXT: 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. DESIGN: Repeated measures. SETTING: Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty collegiate baseball players with unimpaired shoulders. INTERVENTIONS: Fauls modified passive stretching routine was performed on the throwing shoulder of each subject. OUTCOME MEASURES: 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. CONCLUSION: Application of the Fauls modified passive shoulder stretching routine results in acute gains in throwing shoulder mobility of collegiate baseball players.
Authors: Philip A Anloague; Valerie Spees; Jessica Smith; Michael A Herbenick; L Joseph Rubino Journal: Sports Health Date: 2012-01 Impact factor: 3.843
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