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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<0.05). On the other hand, there was no difference in pressure on the pivot point area between wearing the tennis shoes with HP and wearing the tennis shoes with HPP when performing square stance backhand steps (117.80 ± 109.42 KPa (HP); 115.61 ± 82.79 KPa (HPP)) and open stance backhand steps (502.10 ± 173.01 KPa (HP); 511.76 ± 174.22 KPa (HPP)).

(J. Sports Sci. Technol 2010; 10 (1): 1–16)

Keywords: Tennis shoes, Tread pattern, Plantar pressure, Groundstroke