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It is believed that shorter stride lengths would reduce grip strength in baseball pitchers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"study-design\">\n                    <jats:title>Study Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Crossover Study Design<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 19 uninjured pitchers (15 collegiate and 4 high school) (age 18.63 \u00b1 1.67 years, height 1.84 \u00b1 0.054 m, mass 82.14 \u00b1 0.054 kg) threw two simulated 80-pitch games at \u00b125% of their desired stride length recorded by motion capture with two force plates and a radar gun to track each throw. A handheld grip dynamometer was used to record the mean change in grip strength after games from baseline measures. Pairwise comparisons at baseline and post-game denoted grip strength changes and dominant grip strength offsets for stride length conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Subjects with shorter stride lengths revealed a significant decline in grip strength in the dominant arm from baseline (pre-game; 45.1 kg vs.\u00a0post-game; 43.2 kg, p=0.017, ES=0.28), however all other tests involving dominant grip strength changes and offset analyses were not statistically different for under-stride and over-stride length conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinical evaluation of grip strength has the potential to identify altered lower body mechanics and may be considered as a safe and effective monitoring strategy to integrate with motion capture in determining optimal stride lengths for baseball pitchers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"level-of-evidence\">\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Level 3<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.26603\/001c.28086","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]],"date-time":"2021-10-01T08:30:41Z","timestamp":1633077041000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Grip Strength Measurement in Baseball Pitchers: A Clinical Examination to Indicate Stride Length Inefficiency"],"prefix":"10.26603","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Ryan","family":"Crotin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ArmCare.com; Department of Exercise Science, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo; Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology; Human Performance Laboratories, Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana Tech University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Ramsey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05adsq794","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"D'Youville College","department":["Department of Health Professions Education, School of Health Professions"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546506293025","article-title":"Pitching biomechanics as a pitcher approaches muscular fatigue during a simulated baseball game","volume":"35","author":"Rafael F. 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