Patellar tendinopathy in master track and field athletes: influence of impact profile, weight, height, age and gender
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Umile Giuseppe Longo • Joern Rittweger • Giorgio Garau • Biljana Radonic • Constanze Gutwasser • Sally F. Gilliver • Krzysztof Kusy • Jacek Zielin´ s
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Purpose Patellar tendinopathy causes significant morbidity in professional and recreational athletes. Despite the relevance of the problem, its causative factors remain poorly understood. The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to evaluate the influence of age, gender, weight, height and impact profile on developing patellar tendinopathy in master track and field athletes. Methods During the European Veterans Athletics Championships in Poznan´ in July 2006, 174 athletes (103 men and 71 women; mean age: 53.8 (SD 11.4) years, range 35–82 years) were evaluated with the VISA-P questionnaire. A fully trained orthopaedic surgeon made a diagnosis of patellar tendinopathy according to clinical criteria. Results There was no effect of gender upon the presence of patellar tendinopathy (n.s.). No significant track and field specialty effect upon the frequency of patellar tendinopathy was found on the VISA-P questionnaire scores. There was no effect of track and field specialty on the VISA-P score. No evidence of a statistically significant association was found between age and VISA-P score (n.s.). There was no statistically significant difference in either prevalence of patellar tendinopathy or VISA-P score between high-impact and low-impact athletes (n.s.). Conclusion In master track and field athletes, impact profile, weight, height, age and gender did not exert any influence on developing patellar tendinopathy.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc (2011) 19:508–512 DOI 10.1007/s00167-010-1314-y Received: 14 April 2010 / Accepted: 21 October 2010 / Published online: 6 November 2010
