Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 8-11 , February 2010

Shoulder functional ratio in elite junior tennis players

  • Michele Forgiarini Saccol

      Affiliations

    • NEO – Orthopedic Sports Medicine Research Center, Rua Botucatu, 591, cj 114, 11° andar, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-062
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +55 11 5549 5581.
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  • Guilherme Conforto Gracitelli

      Affiliations

    • NEO – Orthopedic Sports Medicine Research Center, Rua Botucatu, 591, cj 114, 11° andar, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-062
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  • Rogério Teixeira da Silva

      Affiliations

    • NEO – Orthopedic Sports Medicine Research Center, Rua Botucatu, 591, cj 114, 11° andar, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-062
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  • Cristiano Frota de Souza Laurino

      Affiliations

    • NEO – Orthopedic Sports Medicine Research Center, Rua Botucatu, 591, cj 114, 11° andar, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-062
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  • Anna Maria Fleury

      Affiliations

    • CEFE/UNIFESP-EPM – Center for Physiology Exercises, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 572, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-061
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  • Marília dos Santos Andrade

      Affiliations

    • CEFE/UNIFESP-EPM – Center for Physiology Exercises, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 572, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-061
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  • Antonio Carlos da Silva

      Affiliations

    • CEFE/UNIFESP-EPM – Center for Physiology Exercises, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 572, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Cep: 04023-061

Received 27 July 2009 ,Revised 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 17 November 2009.

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PII: S1466-853X(09)00113-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.11.002

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