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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27872403

"As pitching slightly underweight and overweight baseballs produces variations in kinematics without increased arm kinetics, these exercises seem reasonable for training pitchers. As flat-ground throwing produces increased shoulder internal rotation velocity and elbow varus torque, these exercises may be beneficial but may also be stressful and risky. Flat-ground holds with heavy balls should not be viewed as enhancing pitching biomechanics, but rather as hybrid exercises between throwing and resistance training."

25 subjects, 10 exercises, 3 trials = 750 trials total conducted on kinematics/kinetics. I can tell you from experience this is a giant pain in the butt and represents a very comprehensive look.

As for the conclusions of the study, I look forward to reading the full text in the near future before making any comments. Obviously the abstract looks good so far.

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