ArticleSports health
Age and Gender Differences in Injuries and Risk Factors in Elite Junior and Professional Tennis Players.
Article in Sports health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Normative data and predictors of trunk muscle endurance performance in young tennis players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Physical predictors of competitive success in Hungarian junior tennis: insights from a national talent identification program.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of pickleball-related injuries among Korean recreational players: a multi-tournament cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Training Load, Injuries, and Well-Being in Youth Padel Players: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Reliability and Validity of the Leg Lateral Reach Test in Adolescent Tennis Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Risk Factors and Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Adolescent and Adult High-Performance Tennis Players: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Sex Differences in Foot and Ankle Sports Injury Rates in Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 25,687,866 Athlete Exposures.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Review
- Epidemiology of Tennis-Related Injuries Among Competitive Youth Players in Tunisia: Frequency, Characteristics, and Management Patterns.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Epidemiological characteristics of injury in 7-22-year-old badminton players by age and sex.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Musculoskeletal Injuries and Illness in Professional British Tennis Players: An Injury Surveillance Study.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Retirements of professional tennis players in ATP and WTA tour events.European journal of sport science · 2024Article
- Exploring prevalent injuries among tennis players and optimal rehabilitation approaches: A systematic review protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Retirements of professional tennis players in second- and third-tier tournaments on the ATP and WTA tours.PloS one · 2024Article
- Wheelchair basketball, health, competitive analysis, and performance advantage: a review of theory and evidence.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2023Review
- Tennis Specialization and Consequence of Injury/Illness Following Retirement.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundElite tennis athletes experience injuries throughout the entire body. Impairments in trunk stability, lower limb flexibility, and hip range of motion (ROM) are modifiable risk factors that can impact injuries and performance. Information on nonmodifiable risk factors such as age and gender is limited. The purpose of this investigation was to provide information on risk factors to direct clinical decision-making and injury prevention and rehab programming in this population. HYPOTHESIS: Prevalence and location of injuries will differ by age group and gender. Trunk stability, lower limb flexibility, and hip ROM will differ by age group and gender. STUDY
designCross-sectional study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3.
methodsA de-identified database (n = 237; females = 126) from the United States Tennis Association High Performance Profile (HPP) 2014-2015 was used for the analysis. Subjects were elite junior and professional tennis players (mean age 14.6 [range, 9-27] years). The HPP is a tennis-specific assessment and questionnaire that includes retrospective information on injury history. Subjects were categorized by injury, gender, and age. Injury locations were classified by region. Trunk stability measures included drop vertical jump (DVJ), single-leg squat, and prone and side planks. Lower limb measures included hamstring, quadriceps and hip flexor flexibility, and hip rotation ROM.
resultsA total of 46% of athletes reported an injury. Significant differences were found for injury prevalence and location by age group. Adolescent athletes (age 13-17 years) had more trunk injuries, while adult athletes (age ≥18 years) had more lower limb injuries. Adolescent athletes performed worse on DVJ, dominant side plank, and hamstring flexibility compared with young (age ≤12 years) and adult athletes. Significant gender differences in hip ROM included internal rotation on both the dominant and nondominant sides.
conclusionImpairments in trunk stability, lower limb flexibility, and hip rotation ROM may affect both health and performance outcomes in this population. Elite tennis athletes may benefit from additional off court programming to address trunk and lower limb impairments. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Adolescent elite tennis athletes may be at higher risk of trunk injuries. Age, gender, injury history, and impairments should be considered with all assessments and programming.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.