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Evaluation of upper limb joint contribution to racket head speed in elite tennis players using IMU sensors: comparison between the cross-court and inside-out attacking Forehand Drive

dc.contributor.authorPedro, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorJoão, Filipa
dc.contributor.authorLara, Jerusa P. R.
dc.contributor.authorCabral, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, João
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, António P.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-14T12:01:08Z
dc.date.available2022-02-14T12:01:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-08
dc.date.updated2022-02-11T14:46:23Z
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to quantify and compare the upper limb angular kinematics and its contributions to the racket head speed between the cross-court (CC) and inside-out (IO) attacking tennis forehand of elite tennis players in a competitive environment. A new approach was used to study the forehand drive with mini-inertial sensors of motion capture to record the kinematic data. Six strokes in each direction per participant (72 shots in total) were chosen for analysis. Upper limb kinematics were calculated in the Visual 3D platform (Visual 3D Professional V5.01.21, C-motion, Germantown, MD, USA). The method used to calculate the upper limb’s contributions was performed with MATLAB software and used the segment’s (upper arm, forearm and hand) angular velocities and their respective displacement vectors obtained through the inertial sensors. Upper limb kinematics demonstrated a higher shoulder rotation in the IO direction with significant differences at the end of the backswing, which could be a key factor in distinguishing the two directions of the shot. Results also demonstrated that the horizontal flexion of the upper arm (around the shoulder joint) was primarily responsible for the racket velocity in the anteroposterior direction (48.1% CC and 45.2% IO), followed by the extension of the forearm (around the elbow joint) (17.3% CC and 20.9% IO) and the internal rotation of the upper arm (around the shoulder joint) (15.6% CC and 14.2% IO). No significant differences were shown in the contributions of upper limbs to the racket head velocity between the two directions of the shot. Tennis coaches and players should develop a specific training programme to perform higher angular velocities in these specific joint rotations.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifierdoi: 10.3390/s22031283
dc.identifier.citationSensors 22 (3): 1283 (2022)pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/s22031283pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1424-8220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17543
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationInterdisciplinary Center for the Study of Human Performance
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectTennis forehandpt_PT
dc.subject3D joint kinematicspt_PT
dc.subjectUpper limb contributionpt_PT
dc.subjectRacket velocitypt_PT
dc.titleEvaluation of upper limb joint contribution to racket head speed in elite tennis players using IMU sensors: comparison between the cross-court and inside-out attacking Forehand Drivept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleInterdisciplinary Center for the Study of Human Performance
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00447%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1283pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSensorspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume22pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
person.familyNameCarvalho
person.givenNameJoão
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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