Unilateral baseball pitching: morphological and functional adaptations in the neck muscles
The cervical multifidus muscles showed bilateral symmetry despite the unilateral throwing motion in baseball pitching. However, unilateral neck rotation toward the non-dominant side appears to contribute to greater thickness of the splenius capitis on the non-dominant side of pitchers.
Authors
- Stefan Keslacy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-3590)
- Christine J. Dy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8366-0730)
- Leila Rahnama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9078-6048)
- Ceren Acik
Institutions
- California State University Los Angeles (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2025.1452412
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01