Metacarpal stress fracture in amateur tennis player - an uncommon fracture
Revista Brasileira de OrtopediaMost stress fractures occur in the lower limbs and are rarely observed in the , upper limbs. The second metacarpal is the longest of all the metacarpals and has the largest base, articulating with the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and third metacarpal.
Márcio Luís Duarte +3 more
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Squash(ed): Craniofacial and vertebral injury from collision on squash court
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2012 Squash is a popular racquet sport not usually associated with severe head or spinal injury. The incidence of squash-related injury ranges from 35.5 to 80.9 per 100,000 players, with the most common sites being the lower-limbs and eyes.
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An Analysis of the Sports Equipment Industry and One of Its Leading Companies, Head, N.V. [PDF]
, 2006 Sports equipment manufacturing is an estimated $13.5 billion industry that is continually growing worldwide. Head, N.V. (N.V. stands for Naamloze Vennootschap which is the Dutch terminology for a public limited liability corporation) is one of the ...
Pihl, Priit
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Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 4, 12 January 2026.Inspired by cat vibrissae, biomimetic biomass PHFs/SA aerogels (BFAs) are developed via precursor‐assisted in situ polymerization and freeze‐synergistic assembly. These ultralight, porous pressure sensors exhibit high sensitivity and excellent durability, enabling pulse detection, handwriting recognition, Morse code transmission, and notably real‐time ...
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Agility performance in athletes of different sport specializations
Acta Gymnica, 2014 Background: Data on agility skills in different populations using pre-planned, change of direction speed tests have previously been reported. However, there are no available data on the agility times of athletes specializing in different sports obtained ...
Erika Zemková, Dušan Hamar
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Effectiveness and Kinematic Analysis of Initial Step Patterns for Multidirectional Acceleration in Team and Racquet Sports. [PDF]
J Hum Kinet, 2022 Vuong JL, Edel A, Voß P, Ferrauti A.
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Body segments cooperation during forehand stroke production in young and adult tennis players [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of the study was to investigate biomechanical characteristics of the forehand stroke production in adult and young tennis players, such as body segments cooperation, separation angle (x-factor) and max speed of a racquet.
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Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroductionThis study aims to compare different playing styles on external training load and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) in elite Hungarian junior tennis players during the off-season in winning vs. losing matches.MethodsSixteen elite male junior
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Metabolic Power in Team and Racquet Sports: A Systematic Review with Best-Evidence Synthesis. [PDF]
Sports Med Open, 2022 Brochhagen J, Hoppe MW.
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Effects of oral creatine supplementation on high intensity, intermittent exercise performance in competitive squash players [PDF]
, 2001 The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of oral creatine supplementation on high intensity, intermittent exercise performance in competitive squash players. Nine squash players (mean ± SEM V˙O2max = 61.9 ± 2.1ml · kg-1 · min-1; body mass =
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