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Journal of Sports Science and Technology Volume 10, No. 1, July 2010
Sports Biomechanics
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(Original article)
EFFECTS OF PIVOT POINT ON TENNIS SHOE TREAD PATTERNS ON PLANTAR PRESSURE DURING GROUNDSTROKE SHOTS Somruthai POOMSALOOD1, Pasakorn WATANATADA2*, and Suwat SIDTHILAW3 1 2
Sports Medicine Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University 1873 Rama 4 Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand 3
Office of Tourism Development, Ministry of Tourism and Sports
ABSTRACT
The objective of the study was to compare the plantar pressure on the pivot point area between wearing tennis shoes with herringbone pattern (HP) and tennis shoes with the herringbone pattern with pivot point (HPP) in tennis players when changing direction during groundstroke shots. The participants in this study were 5 Thai male tennis players whose skill levels were 5.0 classified by National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) criteria. All the players wore 2 types of tennis shoes and performed groundstroke shots on the hard court surface. Peak pressure was recorded by the F-Scan insole during the experiment. The results demonstrated that there was a statistically significant difference in peak pressure on the pivot point area of forehand steps between 2 types of shoes worn by the tennis players. The shoe type with pivot point caused higher plantar pressure than the one without pivot point (760.54 ± 253.17 KPa (HP); 866.82 ± 233.52 KPa (HPP), p
