Trunk and upper limb muscle activation during flat and topspin forehand drives in young tennis players

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Rogowski, Isabelle ^a   Rouffet, David ^a   Lambalot, Frédéric ^a   Brosseau, Olivier ^a   Hautier, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Groundstroke; Kinematics; Racket sports; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DRIVES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; SPORTS;

CHILDREN; GROUNDSTROKE; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; SHOULDER ABDUCTIONS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLAT FOREHAND DRIVE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENNIS; TOPSPIN FOREHAND DRIVE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WRIST;

EID: 79953210732     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.27.1.15     Document Type: Article

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