Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player

GD Abrams, PA Renstrom, MR Safran - British journal of sports …, 2012 - bjsm.bmj.com
Tennis is a popular sport with tens of millions of players participating worldwide. This
popularity was one factor leading to the reappearance of tennis as a medal sport at the 1988 …

Biomechanical analyses of different serve and groundstroke techniques in tennis: A systematic scoping review

J Lambrich, T Muehlbauer - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This systematic scoping review aims to summarize findings regarding kinetic, kinematic, and
electromyographic analyses of different characteristics (ie, type/direction and stance style) of …

Matchplay characteristics of Grand Slam tennis: implications for training and conditioning

M Reid, S Morgan, D Whiteside - Journal of sports sciences, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to probe the sex-based differences in the stroke and
movement dynamics of Grand Slam hard-court tennis. Player and ball tracking data were …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of a 6-week junior tennis conditioning program on service velocity

J Fernandez-Fernandez, T Ellenbecker… - Journal of sports …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study examined the effects of a 6-week strength-training program on serve velocity in
youth tennis players. Thirty competitive healthy and nationally ranked male junior tennis …

An 8-stage model for evaluating the tennis serve: implications for performance enhancement and injury prevention

M Kovacs, T Ellenbecker - Sports health, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The tennis serve is a complex stroke characterized by a series of segmental
rotations involving the entire kinetic chain. Many overhead athletes use a basic 6-stage …

The incidence of pars interarticularis defects in athletes

S Tawfik, K Phan, RJ Mobbs, PJ Rao - Global Spine Journal, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Literature review. Objective: To conduct a literature review of studies reporting
the incidence of pars interarticularis defects in athletes of specific sports, in order to allow …

Review of tennis serve motion analysis and the biomechanics of three serve types with implications for injury

GD Abrams, AL Sheets… - The Biomechanics of …, 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Tennis is enjoyed by approximately 25 million people in the USA alone with nearly 10%
ofpeople playing more than 20 times per year (Tennis Industry Association, 2006). The …

A performance evaluation of the tennis serve: implications for strength, speed, power, and flexibility training

MS Kovacs, TS Ellenbecker - Strength & Conditioning Journal, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Abstract THE TENNIS SERVE IS THE MOST POWERFUL AND POTENTIALLY DOMINANT
SHOT IN TENNIS, YET VERY FEW PLAYERS PERFORM THIS WITH MAXIMUM VELOCITY …

Influence of anthropometric, ball impact and landing location parameters on serve velocity in elite tennis competition

E Baiget, F Corbi, J López - Biology of Sport, 2023 - termedia.pl
This study aimed (i) to analyse the associations between serve velocity (SV) and
anthropometric, ball impact and landing location parameters in total serves (TS) and fastest …

Iliopsoas and gluteal muscles are asymmetric in tennis players but not in soccer players

J Sanchis-Moysi, F Idoate, M Izquierdo, JAL Calbet… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To determine the volume and degree of asymmetry of iliopsoas (IL) and gluteal
muscles (GL) in tennis and soccer players. Methods IL and GL volumes were determined …