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Key Medical Issues for Tennis Players

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In addition to the musculoskeletal injury emphasis described in other chapters of this book, there is a tremendous stress to the entire body during tennis play. This requires high-level medical care for the competitive tennis player against illness and overtraining syndromes. This chapter overviews these key medical issues.

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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, CU Sports Medicine, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA

    Bradley G. Changstrom

  2. Royal Netherlands Lawn Tennis Association, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

    Babette M. Pluim

  3. Orthopedics and Family Medicine, Tennis Medicine, Emory Sports Medicine Center, Society for Tennis Medicine and Science (STMS), Atlanta, GA, USA

    Neeru Jayanthi

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Changstrom, B.G., Pluim, B.M., Jayanthi, N. (2018). Key Medical Issues for Tennis Players. In: Di Giacomo, G., Ellenbecker, T., Kibler, W. (eds) Tennis Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71498-1_33

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