PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S Miller
TI  - Modern tennis rackets, balls, and surfaces
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.2005.023283
DP  - 2006 May 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 401--405
VI  - 40
IP  - 5
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/5/401.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/5/401.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2006 May 01; 40
AB  - Modern rackets have facilitated a change in playing style from one of technique to one characterised by power and spin. The combination of the increased stiffness of modern rackets and the tendency for tennis balls to have become harder has led to an increased shock transmission from the racket to the player, which is probably a major contributor to tennis elbow. The paucity of tennis specific research on shoes and surfaces makes it difficult to link their characteristics with lower limb injury, although, as their interaction directly affects the magnitude of the forces to which the player is exposed, such a link seems reasonable.