Table 5. 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 1 (TF1) – exemplary player 2.
TF1
Ready Backswing Contact Forward
Mean(SD) CV(%) Mean(SD) CV(%) Mean(SD) CV(%) Mean(SD) CV(%)
LumbRot -10.8p<0.01(0.9) 8 -4.6p<0.01(1.7) 36 -7.5p<0.01(1.2) 16 -15.7(1.0) 6
LumbFlex 15.4p=0.02(1.7) 11 20.5p=0.01(1.4) 7 15.9(0.8) 5 11.1(1.0) 9
LumbLat 7.8p<0.01(0.9) 12 11.5p<0.01(0.9) 8 11.1p=0.01(0.7) 6 3.1(0.5) 17
ChestRot 0.4(2.2) 516 8.7(1.7) 20 8.7p=0.04(1.8) 20 5.1(3.6) 70
ChestFlex -8.5(2.8) 33 -15.3(3.0) 20 -13.8(2.6) 19 -7.2p<0.01(2.5) 35
ChestLat -1.3(2.0) 156 9.9(1.8) 18 9.4(2.4) 26 -5.0(1.8) 35
LeftHipFlex 36.2p=0.02(5.4) 15 34.3(4.2) 12 47.3(2.6) 5 54.0(4.1) 8
LeftHipAbd 24.7(1.3) 5 32.1(1.9) 6 27.5(1.6) 6 22.4p=0.04(2.0) 9
LeftHipRot 4.4(5.2) 119 15.5p<0.01(4.1) 26 -6.3p=0.03(3.8) 60 -17.6(2.1) 12
LeftKneeFlex 42.7p=0.04(7.4) 17 73.0(4.4) 6 73.6(2.6) 4 58.4(6.7) 11
RightHipFlex 48.9p=0.03(3.6) 7 65.0p<0.01(3.4) 5 53.6p=0.03(1.9) 3 34.3(7.5) 22
RightHipAbd 16.2(3.0) 19 3.7(3.2) 85 16.0(1.9) 12 23.8(1.1) 5
RightHipRot -32.9(3.8) 12 -52.5(4.2) 8 -39.4(2.6) 7 -16.2(5.8) 36
RightKneeFlex 57.1(2.9) 5 65.9(5.1) 8 64.6p<0.01(5.1) 8 57.9p=0.05(7.8) 13
ShExtRot -17.6(7.5) 43 21.0p<0.01(11.2) 53 44.2p<0.01(11.1) 25 -18.9p=0.05(5.2) 27
ShFlex 5.2p<0.01(11.8) 227 -12.1(8.9) 74 15.9p=0.04(3.1) 20 72.4p<0.01(4.0) 5
ShAbd 13.2(4.5) 34 28.0p<0.01(6.2) 22 23.2(4.3) 19 28.1p=0.01(18.7) 67
ElFlex 75.7(3.6) 5 53.8p<0.01(2.1) 4 68.5p=0.01(5.2) 8 72.0p<0.01(3.9) 5
WrExtensio 4.8p<0.01(6.6) 138 15. p<0.01(4.3) 28 21.1p<0.01(7.0) 33 3.4(2.7) 79
WrRad -18.4(2.0) 11 -25.4p=0.02(4.8) 19 -32.3p=0.01(6.5) 20 -26.6p=0.04(7.1) 27
WrSup -3.8p<0.01(7.3) 194 -24.3(7.2) 30 -23.5(5.3) 23 -22.4(6.7) 30
ACC(m/s2) 110.8p<0.01(10.9) 10
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