ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Exploring Difference in Hand-Foot Coordination Ability Among Tennis Players of Different Sport Levels Based on the Correlation Between Lower-Limb Acceleration and Hand Grip Force.
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- Evaluating tennis player performance based on different types of grip strength.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Six-week effects of ankle bracing and taping on specific performance in tennis collegiate players: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Do strategically demanding sports shape hand function alike? Distinct profiles of dexterity and grip strength in basketball and badminton athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeTo quantify real-time hand-foot coupling in tennis and test whether the coupling pattern differs by playing standard.
methodsFifteen nationally certified second-level male athletes and fifteen recreational beginners performed multi-directional swings, alternating forehand-backhand groundstrokes and serve-and-volley sequences while tri-axial ankle acceleration and racket-grip force were synchronously recorded in wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs). Grip metrics (mean force, peak force, force duration) and acceleration magnitudes were analysed with MANOVA and Hedges' g effect sizes, followed by the Benjamini-Hochberg correction (α = 0.025).
resultsAcross tasks, athletes showed higher mean ankle acceleration (standardised mean difference, Hedges' g) but 45% lower mean grip force (Hedges' g = -1.28; both
conclusionWe quantified hand-foot coordination in tennis by synchronising tri-axial ankle acceleration with calibrated racket-grip force across three match-realistic tasks. Relative to beginners, athletes demonstrated an inverse coupling between ankle acceleration and grip-force metrics, whereas beginners showed a direct coupling, consistent with our purpose of quantifying coordination via synchronised wearable sensors.
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