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Spine Injuries in Tennis Players

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Tennis is a sport played across the globe and with ever-increasing popularity. Elite adolescent tennis players who want to reach the professional ranks spend extensive hours performing strenuous and intense training, particularly during developmental stages and their pre-pubertal growth spurt. This, as well as the drive for ever-increasing racquet velocities, leads to higher demand on the lumbar spine.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

    Steven Mcanany MD

  2. Resident Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

    Diana Patterson MD

  3. Department of Spine Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, USA

    Andrew C. Hecht MD

  4. Mount Sinai Spine Center, New York, USA

    Andrew C. Hecht MD

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Mcanany, S., Patterson, D., Hecht, A.C. (2016). Spine Injuries in Tennis Players. In: Colvin, A., Gladstone, J. (eds) The Young Tennis Player. Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27559-8_7

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