RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Biomechanics of the elbow joint in tennis players and relation to pathology
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 820
OP 823
DO 10.1136/bjsm.2007.038307
VO 41
IS 11
A1 Denise Eygendaal
A1 F Th G Rahussen
A1 R L Diercks
YR 2007
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/11/820.abstract
AB Elbow injuries constitute a sizeable percentage of tennis injuries. A basic understanding of biomechanics of tennis and analysis of the forces, loads and motions of the elbow during tennis will improve the understanding of the pathophysiology of these injuries. All different strokes in tennis have a different repetitive biomechanical nature that can result in tennis-related injuries. In this article, a biomechanically-based evaluation of tennis strokes is presented. This overview includes all tennis-related pathologies of the elbow joint, whereby the possible relation of biomechanics to pathology is analysed, followed by treatment recommendations.