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Longo, Giuseppe U and Rittweger, Joern and Garau, Girogio and Radonic, Biljana and Gutwasser, Constanze and Gilliver, Sally F and Kusy, Krzysztof and Zielinski, Jacek and Felsenberg, Dieter and Maffulli, Nicola (2011) Patellar tendinopathy in master track and field athletes: influence of impact profile, weight, height, age and gender. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 19, pp. 508-512. Springer.
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Abstract
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.
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| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Patellar tendinopathy in master track and field athletes: influence of impact profile, weight, height, age and gender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 508-512 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Patellar tendon Tendinopathy Athletes Aetiology Sports Injuries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | W FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | W FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben Integrative Studien (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Köln-Porz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Space Physiology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Rittweger, Jörn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 27 Jun 2011 09:32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:31 |
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