Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Racquet Sports

Games in which players use a racquet to hit a ball or similar type object.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Games in which players use a racquet to hit a ball or similar type object.

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Synonyms

14 entry terms
  • Racket Sports
  • Racket Sport
  • Racquet Sport
  • Sport, Racket
  • Sport, Racquet
  • Sports, Racket
  • Sports, Racquet
  • Badminton
  • Racket Ball
  • Racketball
  • Racquetball
  • Squash (Sport)
  • Ball, Racket
  • Squashs (Sport)

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, injuries, legislation & jurisprudence, physiology, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

/inj: coord IM with specific injury (IM); Manual 30.15.1; do not confuse entry term SQUASH (SPORT) with SQUASH PLANT see CUCURBITA

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Sports (1977-1989)
  • Tennis (1978-1989)

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Tree Number

  1. I03.450.642w.845w.600

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NLM Classification

QT 260.5.R2

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Racquet Sports. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015865. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015865
  2. Racquet Sports. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2426135