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Research Article| Volume 20, ISSUE 3, PS77-S81, May 1995

Tennis: Dynamics of racket-grip interaction

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    1 From the Department of Solid Mechanics Materials and Structures. Tel Aviv University, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering.
    Joel Englel
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    Footnotes
    1 From the Department of Solid Mechanics Materials and Structures. Tel Aviv University, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering.
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    Tel Aviv, Israel
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    1 From the Department of Solid Mechanics Materials and Structures. Tel Aviv University, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering.
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