CORE STRENGTH TRAINING IN UNIVERSITY FEMALE TENNIS PLAYERS

Mindfulness meditation training for tennis players

Balance training exercises decrease lower-limb strength asymmetry in young tennis players.

The issue of functional asymmetries in the lower-limbs has been the subject of numerous recent investigations concerning many different contact, limited-contact and non-contact sports. The presence of strength asymmetries in the lower-limbs of young athletes practicing various sporting disciplines is considered an intrinsic risk factor for injury; in such cases, compensation strategies should t...

Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery in Female Professional Tennis Players

OBJECTIVE To assess the outcome and time to return to previous level of competitive play after shoulder surgery in professional tennis players. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Tertiary academic centre. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS The records of all female tennis players on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) professional circuit between January 2008 and June 2010 were reviewed t...

The Responses of Physiological Stress during Table Tennis Competition in Elite Female Players

Stress is inevitable in competitive sports. Table tennis in the world known as a fastest ball game that requires attention and control stress. The main purpose of this study was investigation of physiological stress responses in elite table tennis players during competition. 16 female table tennis players (age average of 18.7 ± 3.8, height average of 161.6 ± 3.4 cm and weight aver...

Handgrip Strength Evaluation on Tennis Players Using Different Recommendations

1. Department of Physical Therapy Marquette University USA 2. Master in Physical Education, State University of Londrina UEL, Londrina PR, Brazil 3. Aparicio Carvalho Integrated Colleges Porto Velho RO 4. Self-employed physiotherapist São Paulo SP 5. Physiotherapy Department and Laboratory of Kinesiological Electromyography and Kinematics of the State University of Londrina Londrina PR