Naslov
Success of eccentric exercise treatment in rehabilitation of healing jumper's knee

Autori
Štrucelj, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
BOOK OF ABSTRACTS SPORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE / Cacek, Jan - Brno : Masaryk University, 2019, 100-100

ISBN
978-80-210-9429-1

Skup
12th International Conference on Kinanthropology: Sport and Quality of Life

Mjesto i datum
Brno, Češka Republika, 07.11.2019. - 09.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Jumper‘s knee ; Treatment ; Eccentric exercise

Sažetak
The jumper‘s knee is a overuse injury which manifests with the appearance of pain in the front of the knee, most frequently at the top of the patella bone, that is, at starting point of patellary ligament. The main simptom is inflammatory process and pain just beneath or above patella bone or at the vertex of muscle to the lower leg. In the majority of patients, the diagnosis of jumper‘s knee is based only on detailed anamnesis and clinical examination. Nowdays, all kinds of jumper‘s knee treatments are used, of which inoperable ones gone more and more in popularity. Though the jumper‘s knee is one of the most common overuse injuries, there is no joint view on how to treat a patient with jumper‘s knee. Consequently, the goal of this seminar is to explore success eccentric exercise treatment in rehabilitation of healing jumper‘s knee. The study will attend the 20 patients with the diagnosis of the syndrome jumper‘s knee , which all of them are active athletes. Respondents are divided into two groups of 10 members and both groups will undergo rehabilitation programs of equal duration but of different content. The first group (S1) performs standard physiotherapeutic methods, the second group (S2) conducts eccentric exercises 2 times a day. The assessment in this study included assessment of pain, muscle strength, and ability for specific physical activity. Testing of the respondents is performed before the start of rehabilitation program and after 12 weeks of therapy. The examination before the start of the rehabilitation program showed that both groups feel approximately the same level of knee pain, decreased muscular strength of injured leg muscles, and that they are not in a state that is conducive to carrying out specific sports activity. The results of the study show that both tested groups had a significant improvement in all three tested parameters. These results confirm that both planned rehabilitation programs give positive results in rehabilitation of patients with jumping knee syndrome. By further mutual comparison of the results between groups S1 and S2 after providing the rehabilitation program, we come to the knowledge that the results for all three tested parameters are statistically significantly better for group S2. As a conclusion of the conducted research and statistical analysis, the fact is that the practice of eccentric contraction exercise in treating the jumper’s knee undoubtedly gives much better results than the standard physiotherapy procedures and as such becomes an unavoidable part of the therapeutic program for the rehabilitation of the jumper’s knee.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Kineziologija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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