TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Whole-body and segmental muscle volume are associated with ball velocity in high school baseball pitchers
JO  - Open access journal of sports medicine
A1  - Yamada, Yosuke
A1  - Yamashita, Daichi
A1  - Yamamoto, Shinji
A1  - Matsui, Tomoyuki
A1  - Seo, Kazuya
A1  - Azuma, Yoshikazu
A1  - Kida, Yoshikazu
A1  - Morihara, Toru
A1  - Kimura, Misaka
SP  - 89
EP  - 95
VL  - 4
IS  - 
N2  - The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between pitching ball velocity and segmental (trunk, upper arm, forearm, upper leg, and lower leg) and whole-body muscle volume (MV) in high school baseball pitchers. Forty-seven male high school pitchers (40 right-handers and seven left-handers; age, 16.2 ± 0.7 years; stature, 173.6 ± 4.9 cm; mass, 65.0 ± 6.8 kg, years of baseball experience, 7.5 ± 1.8 years; maximum pitching ball velocity, 119.0 ± 9.0 km/hour) participated in the study. Segmental and whole-body MV were measured using segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis. Maximum ball velocity was measured with a sports radar gun. The MV of the dominant arm was significantly larger than the MV of the non-dominant arm (P < 0.001). There was no difference in MV between the dominant and non-dominant legs. Whole-body MV was significantly correlated with ball velocity (r = 0.412, P < 0.01). Trunk MV was not correlated with ball velocity, but the MV for both lower legs, and the dominant upper leg, upper arm, and forearm were significantly correlated with ball velocity (P < 0.05). The results were not affected by age or years of baseball experience. Whole-body and segmental MV are associated with ball velocity in high school baseball pitchers. However, the contribution of the muscle mass on pitching ball velocity is limited, thus other fundamental factors (ie, pitching skill) are also important.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1179-1543
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAJSM.S42352
ID  - ref1
ER  -