Characteristics of the patellar and archilles tendons in senior badminton players
The purposes of the study were to describe the structural and mechanical properties of the patellar and Achilles tendons in senior badminton players (>35 years) and to detect possible asymmetries between dominant and nondominant lower limb. Two hundred and six senior badminton players (52.2±9.6 year...
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| Format: | Article |
| Publication date: | 2022 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repository: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/31418 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10578/31418 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Asymmetry Tendon structure Myotonometry Elastography Badminton Asimetría Estructura del tendón Miotonometría Elastografía Bádminton |
| Summary: | The purposes of the study were to describe the structural and mechanical properties of the patellar and Achilles tendons in senior badminton players (>35 years) and to detect possible asymmetries between dominant and nondominant lower limb. Two hundred and six senior badminton players (52.2±9.6 years old) who participated in the 2018 Senior European Championship volunteered to participate in the study. The structural properties (thickness, width and cross-sectional area) by a Logiq® S8 ultrasound system and the mechanical properties (elasticity, tone, stiffness and elastography index) with myotonometry and sonoelastography of the patellar and Achilles tendons were assessed. Non-dominant Achilles tendon showed greater values for the thickness (5.34±19.90%, p=0.027) and width (1.57±8.52%, p=0.036) than those of the dominant tendon, while the dominant patellar tendon showed higher values for tone (2.09±12.96%, p=0.002) and stiffness (4.41±21.11%, p=0.002) compared to the non-dominant one. |
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