The Biomechanics of Shoulder Movement with Implications for Shoulder Injury in Table Tennis: A Minireview

Table 2

Summary of the collection of articles.

References	Number of subjects	Main parameter	Comparison	Movement type	Main result related to the shoulder
Iino and Kojima [3]	18	Forces and torques at the shoulder joint	Advanced vs. intermediate player	Forehand stroke	Larger shoulder internal rotation torque in an advanced player
Bańkosz and Winiarski [11]	10	Angular velocities and ROM at the shoulder	Topspin forehands vs. topspin backhands	Topspin forehand and topspin backhand	Larger angular velocity of internal arm rotation and adduction in the shoulder joint at topspin backhands
Malagoli et al. [12]	10	Angular velocities and ROM at the shoulder	Crosscourt vs. long line	Topspin shot	Maximal shoulder extension related to maximum velocity of the racket at impact
Tsai et al. [13]	5	Angular velocities	—	Topspin and backspin serves	Elite player increased shoulder external rotation angular velocity in receiving topspin and backspin serves
Iino and Kojima [14]	10	Joint kinetics at the shoulder	—	Topspin backhand	Energy transfer by the shoulder joint force in the vertical direction was the largest
Meghdadi et al. [15]	60	EMG	Shoulder impingement syndrome vs. without shoulder impingement syndrome	Forehand topspin loop	Impingement syndrome correlated with disturbed timing and activity level of shoulder girdle muscles
Kamonseki et al. [16]	20	Motion of internal and external rotation and total rotation motion of the glenohumeral joint	Dominant vs. nondominant shoulders	—	The dominant side showed decreased internal rotation