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Carbon outclasses wood in racket paddles: Ratings of expert and intermediate tennis players

L. S. Overney Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland; Laboratory of Psychophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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V. Michaud Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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C. Fischer Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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J. Heubi Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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L. Veldhuis Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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O. Blanke Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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M. H. Herzog Laboratory of Psychophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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J.-A. Månson Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology (LTC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Pages 1451-1458 | Accepted 04 Aug 2010, Published online: 19 Oct 2010

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