Reference Values and Construct Validity for 4 Upper Limb Physical Performance Tests in Junior Tennis Players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Upper extremity physical-performance-tests are gaining interest for screening overhead athletes in view of injury prevention, individual performance, and return to play after injury. However, at present, no reference data are available for these tests in a junior tennis population. In addition, the construct validity of these tests with respect to shoulder strength is still unclear.

Hypothesis

Junior tennis players will exhibit differences in test performance based on age, sex, and side. Shoulder strength will be moderately to highly correlated with the seated medicine ball throw (SMBT) and the modified-closed-kinetic-chain-upper-extremity test (M-CKCUEST), but not with shoulder endurance test (SET) and the Y-balance-test-upper-quadrant (YBT-UQ).

Study design</

SUBMITTER: Cools AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11840830 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature