Preliminary Analysis of Skin Temperature Asymmetries in Elite Young Tennis Players

This preliminary study aimed to assess skin temperature (Tsk) asymmetries before and after on-court training in elite young tennis players find the correlation between these demographic data, racquet characteristics, pain fatigue variation. Thermal images of nine were taken two a half hours standardised training. correlated age, years experience, weight, string tension, body mass index (BMI), variation pain. In contralateral comparison, Tsk was higher on dominant side areas such as anterior (1.1 ± 0.5 °C, p < 0.001, ES = 0.5) posterior forearm 1 0.01, 0.5). Concerning pre- post-comparisons, post-training values lower all regions except forearm, shoulder, leg. Finally, significant correlations found thermal asymmetry weight racquet, index, Monitoring players’ with infrared thermography (IRT) gives coaches vital information evaluate technical pattern activations during sessions.