Functional fatigue and upper extremity sensorimotor system acuity in baseball athletes

• Published in: Journal of athletic training Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 90 - 98
• Main Authors: Tripp, Brady L, Yochem, Eric M, Uhl, Timothy L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Athletic Trainers Association 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Athletes; Athletic Injuries - physiopathology; Athletic Injuries - prevention & control; Baseball - physiology; Behavioral sciences; Body Weight; Fatigue (Biology); Humans; Injuries; Laboratories; Male; Mechanics (Physics); Motion; Motor Skills - physiology; Muscle Fatigue - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Original Research; Outcome Measures; Probability; Proprioception; Protocol; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Rehabilitation Programs; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Scientific Concepts; Sensation - physiology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Shoulder Joint - physiology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Studies; Task Performance and Analysis; Team Sports; Testing; Upper Extremity - innervation; Upper Extremity - physiology
• ISSN: 1062-6050; 1938-162X; 1938-162X

The sensorimotor system controls the balance between upper extremity stability and mobility during athletic performance. Research indicates that fatigue hampers sensorimotor system function; however, few investigators have studied functional fatigue or multijoint, multiplanar measures. To examine th...