Table 4. Kinematic parameters (angles in chosen joints and acceleration of the hand) - Means, Standard Deviations (SDs), Coefficients of Variation (CVs) and p value from the Fisher’s exact test (significant differences between TF1 and TF 2) in particular events during the topspin forehand, task 2 (TF2) – exemplary player 1.
TF1
Ready Backswing Contact Forward
Mean(SD) CV(%) Mean(SD) CV(%) Mean(SD) CV(%) Mean(SD) CV(%)
LumbRot -1.9(1.2) 62 1.5(1.1) 72 0.9p=0.01(1.4) 160 -7.5(1.0) 13
LumbFlex 14.1p<0.01(1.1) 8 14.5(1.0) 7 10.5(1.5) 15 9.4p<0.01(1.1) 12
LumbLat 1.9p<0.01(0.5) 29 3.5(0.4) 12 4.5(0.6) 14 1.2(0.6) 47
ChestRot -5.7p=0.04(4.0) 70 -4.3p<0.01(2.2) 51 2.6(2.6) 100 10.1(1.2) 11
ChestFlex -10.9p<0.01(2.0) 19 -6.7(2.3) 34 -12.3(4.7) 38 -12.5p<0.01(2.8) 22
ChestLat -1.2p<0.01(2.3) 190 16.3(3.9) 24 10.7p<0.01(3.4) 32 -3.8(2.9) 76
LeftHipFlex 52.0p<0.01(2.0) 4 29.9(4.4) 15 34.1p<0.01(7.8) 23 61.9(3.7) 6
LeftHipAbd 18.0p<0.01(3.5) 19 21.3p<0.01(1.0) 5 13.5(1.0) 7 15.0p=0.01(3.5) 23
LeftHipRot -8.3(2.5) 30 15.1(3.8) 25 -0.5p=0.02(5.4) 1017 7.9(3.9) 49
LeftKneeFlex 41.0p<0.01(4.1) 10 69.9(3.7) 5 53.2p<0.01(7.2) 13 47.7(2.7) 6
RightHipFlex 47.5p<0.01(5.4) 11 89.4(2.7) 3 63.4p<0.01(3.3) 5 55.1(4.3) 8
RightHipAbd 14.5p=0.01(2.9) 20 -7.6(1.3) 17 10.8p<0.01(1.6) 15 15.4p<0.01(1.5) 10
RightHipRot -3.9(3.5) 90 -23.1(3.7) 16 -15.7p=0.03(6.1) 39 8.0(3.4) 42
RightKneeFlex 48.6p<0.01(5.7) 12 71.1p<0.01(4.8) 7 70.4p=0.01(2.7) 4 66.9(4.8) 7
ShExtRot -10.8p<0.01(9.5) 88 8.2(5.5) 67 -8.1p<0.01(3.6) 45 -14.8(13.8) 93
ShFlex 29.3(5.7) 20 5.7p=0.03(3.9) 69 27.9(3.8) 14 95.3p<0.01(2.8) 3
ShAbd 2.7(2.2) 81 30.0p<0.01(5.7) 19 26.7p<0.01(1.8) 7 150.8(29.4) 20
ElFlex 60.8(2.9) 5 -19.6(6.3) 32 -15.2p<0.01(5.4) 36 40.0p<0.01(3.4) 8
WrExtensio -1.5p=0.01(6.4) 426 26.4(3.2) 12 29.3p<0.01(4.3) 15 20.4(9.7) 48
WrRad -9.3(3.6) 38 -2.1(7.5) 353 3.4(5.2) 153 9.0p=0.02(7.3) 80
WrSup -1.1p=0.01(9.1) 808 26.9p=0.01(4.7) 17 45.0p=<0.01(4.2) 9 -41.2(8.1) 20
ACC(m/s2) 158.3(1.5) 1
Lumb – lumbar segment, Sh – shoulder, El – elbow, Wr – wrist, Rot – rotation, flex – flexion, Lat – lateral bend, Abd – abduction, ExtRot – external rotation, Rad – radial deviation, Sup – supination, bold font – significant difference with p≤0.05, bold font underlined with a single line – medium value of CV, bold font underlined with two lines – small value of CV