Influence of racket properties on injuries and performance in tennis

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Hennig, Ewald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grip force; Mechanical load; Shock; Sweet spot; Tennis elbow; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELBOW INJURY; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS; VIBRATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCELERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MOTION; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TENNIS; TENNIS ELBOW; VIBRATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247147250     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JES.0b013e31803ec43e     Document Type: Article

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