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Isometric Contractions Are More Analgesic Than Isotonic Contractions for Patellar Tendon Pain

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, May 2017
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Title
Isometric Contractions Are More Analgesic Than Isotonic Contractions for Patellar Tendon Pain
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Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, May 2017
DOI 10.1097/jsm.0000000000000364
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Ebonie Rio, Mathijs van Ark, Sean Docking, G. Lorimer Moseley, Dawson Kidgell, Jamie E. Gaida, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Johannes Zwerver, Jill Cook

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the immediate analgesic effects of 2 resistance programs in in-season athletes with patellar tendinopathy (PT). Resistance training is noninvasive, a principle stimulus for corticospinal and neuromuscular adaptation, and may be analgesic. Within-season randomized clinical trial. Data analysis was conducted blinded to group. Subelite volleyball and basketball competitions. Twenty jumping athletes aged more than 16 years, participating in games/trainings 3 times per week with clinically diagnosed PT. Two quadriceps resistance protocols were compared; (1) isometric leg extension holds at 60 degrees knee flexion (80% of their maximal voluntary isometric contraction) or (2) isotonic leg extension (at 80% of their 8 repetition maximum) 4 times per week for 4 weeks. Time under load and rest between sets was matched between groups. (1) Pain (0-10 numerical rating score) during single leg decline squat (SLDS), measured preintervention and postintervention sessions. (2) VISA-P, a questionnaire about tendon pain and function, completed at baseline and after 4 weeks. Twenty athletes with PT (18 men, mean 22.5 ± 4.7 years) participated (isotonic n = 10, isometric n = 10). Baseline median SLDS pain was 5/10 for both groups (isotonic range 1-8, isometric range 2-8). Isometric contractions produced significantly greater immediate analgesia (P < 0.002). Week one analgesic response positively correlated with improvements in VISA-P at 4 weeks (r = 0.64). Both protocols appear efficacious for in-season athletes to reduce pain, however, isometric contractions demonstrated significantly greater immediate analgesia throughout the 4-week trial. Greater analgesia may increase the ability to load or perform.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 894 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 151 17%
Student > Master 127 14%
Other 61 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 61 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 59 7%
Other 169 19%
Unknown 267 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 211 24%
Sports and Recreations 154 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 153 17%
Unspecified 26 3%
Social Sciences 12 1%
Other 46 5%
Unknown 293 33%

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