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Table 2 Joint angles at BR position

From: Shadow pitching deviates ball release position: kinematic analysis in high school baseball pitchers

 

Arm Acceleration

BR

Direction of Motion

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

One-factor repeated measures ANOVA

Bonferroni correction

p-value

Right Shoulder

 Horizontal Adduction (+) or Abduction (−)

2.3 ± 7.9

17.3 ± 9.2 a

7.8 ± 7.9 b c

F = 36.902, p < .001

< .001 a b, .001 c

 Abduction (+) or Adduction (−)

98.1 ± 7.2

103.2 ± 6.2 a

100.1 ± 9.1

F = 5.036, p = .023

< .001 a

 Internal Rotation (+) or External Rotation (−)

− 91.8 ± 16.3

− 78.8 ± 21.4 a

− 85.3 ± 15.7 c

F = 11.496, p < .001

.002 a, .041 c

Spine

 Flexion (+) or Extension (−)

11.4 ± 7.4

23.3 ± 7.9 a

18.9 ± 8.0 c

F = 26.104, p < .001

< .001 a, .002 c

 Lateral Bending: Left (+) or Right (−)

32.7 ± 9.8

28.7 ± 9.0 a

30.0 ± 7.7

F = 6.078, p = .005

.007 a

 Rotation: Left (+) or Right (−)

17.7 ± 7.3

23.2 ± 6.9 a

21.1 ± 8.1

F = 7.437, p = .002

.007 a

Thorax

 Flexion (+) or Extension (−)

32.3 ± 9.8

42.0 ± 8.6 a

37.7 ± 9.1 b c

F = 21.538, p < .001

< .001 a, .030 b, .002 c

  1. All angles are in degrees. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. Abbreviation: BR Ball release, ANOVA Analysis of variance
  3. a Significant difference between task 1 and task 2
  4. b Significant difference between task 2 and task 3
  5. c Significant difference between task 1 and task 3