ArticleSports medicine and health science2019
Vibration-Damping technology in tennis racquets: Effects on vibration transfer to the arm, muscle fatigue and tennis performance.
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- Evaluating tennis player performance based on different types of grip strength.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Subjective-objective fit in tennis racket string-tension selection: perceived comfort, hitting performance, and fastest swing-speed associations.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The assessment of sports performance by grip pressure using flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors in seven sports events.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Characteristics, Relationships, and Differences in Muscle Activity and Impact Load Attenuation During Tennis Forehand Stroke with Different Grips.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identifying the Sweet Spot of Padel Rackets with a Robot.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes in Electromyographic Activity of the Dominant Arm Muscles during Forehand Stroke Phases in Wheelchair Tennis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison of Grip Strength, Forearm Muscle Activity, and Shock Transmission between the Forehand Stroke Technique of Experienced and Recreational Tennis Players Using a Novel Wearable Device.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Venous congestion affects neuromuscular changes in pigs in terms of muscle electrical activity and muscle stiffness.PloS one · 2023Article
- Biomechanical Analysis of Touch Ball Movements in Tennis Forehand Strokes.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Hand-Arm Vibration Assessment and Changes in the Thermal Map of the Skin in Tennis Athletes during the Service.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
High vibration transfer from a tennis racquet to the player may cause discomfort, and is hypothesized to influence performance and the onset of muscle fatigue. This study examined a racquet with a novel vibration damping technology (VDT) designed to mitigate frame vibration. Racquet vibration, post-impact vibration transfer to the player, arm electromyographic activity and tennis performance were compared to a non-VDT racquet. Nineteen young adult, competitive tennis players hit forehands and serves until near exhaustion on two days; using one of the two racquets each day. Tri-axial accelerometers mounted to racquet shaft, hand and forearm recorded vibration behaviour. Surface electromyography recorded activity of five arm muscles. In comparison to the non-VDT racquet, the VDT design showed: 1) A significantly lower mean normalised acceleration signal energy at the racquet during unfatigued play (-40%) and at
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