Tennis

Pluim, Babette M; Staal, J. Bart

doi:10.1002/9781444316872.ch21

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“…Another trend which presents itself is that acute injuries commonly occur in the lower extremity while chronic injuries most often manifest themselves in the upper extremity and trunk 7 12 13. In a 6-year injury-surveillance study performed at the United States Tennis Association Boy's National Championship, the prevalence of injury was 21.1%, with the back being the most common anatomic site of injury (3.4%), followed by the thigh, shoulder and ankle 4.…”

Section: Injury Location and Chronicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The overall incidence of lateral epicondylitis has been reported to be anywhere from 35% to 51% (table 2). 12 16–18…”

Section: Prevalence Of Specific Tennis Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Injuries around the hip joint have been reported to account for between 1% and 27% of injuries in tennis players 4 10 12 27. Over a 6-year period, Hutchinson et al reported an incidence of 0.8 per 1000 athletic exposures and a prevalence of 1.3 hip injuries per 100 elite junior tennis players 4.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Specific Tennis Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A large population of 720 athletes of all skill levels with ‘calf muscle strain’ studied over a 12-year period found that 16% of cases were due to tennis-related activities 54. Separate investigations have shown that calf and Achilles tendon strains represented anywhere from 4% to 9% of all tennis injuries reported 11 12…”

Section: Prevalence Of Specific Tennis Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One investigation found an overall increase in injury rate for those who participated in tennis more than 3 h per week 12. For specific tennis injuries, two separate investigations have examined the correlation between volume of play and the development of lateral epicondylitis.…”

Section: Player-specific Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player

2012

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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 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The volume of play, combined with the physical demands of the sports, can lead to injuries of the musculoskeletal system. Overall, injury incidence and prevalence in tennis has been reported in a number of investigations. The sport creates specific demands on the musculoskeletal system, with acute injuries, such as ankle sprains, being more frequent in the lower extremity while chronic overuse injuries, such as lateral epicondylitis, are more common in the upper extremity in the recreational player and shoulder pain more common in the high-level player. This review discusses the epidemiology of injuries frequently experienced in tennis players and examines some of these injuries' correlation with the development of osteoarthritis. In addition, player-specific factors, such as age, sex, volume of play, skill level, racquet properties and grip positions as well as the effect of playing surface on the incidence and prevalence of injury is reported. Finally, recommendations on standardisation of future epidemiological studies on tennis injuries are made in order to be able to more easily compare results of future investigations.

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Section: Injury Location and Chronicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The overall incidence of lateral epicondylitis has been reported to be anywhere from 35% to 51% (table 2). 12 16–18…”

Section: Prevalence Of Specific Tennis Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Prevalence Of Specific Tennis Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Prevalence Of Specific Tennis Injuriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Player-specific Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player

2012

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Injury profile in junior tennis players: a prospective two year study

Hjelm

Werner

Renström

2010

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

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The aim of this study was to prospectively make a survey of injuries in junior players from a Swedish local tennis club during a 2-year period in relation to gender, anatomic location, month of the year when injured, injury type and injury severity. All 12-18 years old members in a tennis club playing more than twice weekly were asked to participate. Fifty-five junior tennis players, 35 boys and 20 girls accepted to participate. All tennis-related injuries were prospectively registered and evaluated. Time of exposure for playing tennis was recorded. Thirty-nine players sustained 100 injuries, 73 in boys and 27 in girls. Injury incidence for boys was 1.7 injuries/1000 h of tennis playing time and for girls 0.6 injuries/1000 h. Ankle sprains, low back pain and knee injuries were the most common ones. Sixty-five percent were new injuries, and the majority of these injuries were located at the knee joint followed by the ankle joint, while most of the recurrent injuries were found in the lumbar spine. Boys suffered mainly from low back pain and ankle injuries and girls from low back pain and knee injuries. Forty-three percent of the injuries caused absence from tennis for more than 4 weeks and 31% more than 1 week.

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Biomechanical analysis of the “waiter's serve” on upper limb loads in young elite tennis players

Touzard

Kulpa

Bideau

et al. 2018

European Journal of Sport Science

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Waiter's serve (WS) is a specific tennis serve posture frequently observed in young players, and commonly considered as a technical error by tennis coaches. However, biomechanical impact of WS is unknown. The aims of this study were to identify the potential consequences of WS in young elite players relating to performance and injury risk, and to explain the kinematic causes of WS. Serve of 18 male junior elite players (Top 10 national French ranking, aged 12-15 years) was captured with a 20 camera, 200 Hz VICON MX motion analysis system. Depending on their serve technique, the players were divided into two groups (WS versus Normal Serve [NS]) by experienced coaches. Injury data were collected for each player during a 12-month-period following the motion capture. Normalized peak kinetic values of the dominant arm were calculated using inverse dynamics. In order to explain WS posture, upper limb kinematics were calculated during the cocking and the acceleration phases of the serve. Shoulder internal rotation torque, wrist proximal and anterior forces (P < .05) and elbow varus torque (P < .01) were significantly higher in WS group, with no difference from NS group concerning serve velocity. Moreover, significant lower shoulder abduction and higher wrist extension (P < .05) were observed for WS players during the cocking phase. Even if no significant difference was found between groups concerning injuries, higher upper limb joint loads suggested WS could be considered as pathomechanical in young elite players and could lead to upper limb joint injuries.

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Tennis

Cited by 7 publications

References 41 publications

Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player

Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player

Injury profile in junior tennis players: a prospective two year study

Biomechanical analysis of the “waiter's serve” on upper limb loads in young elite tennis players

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