Knee muscle and tendon stiffness in professional soccer players: a shear-wave elastography study

Tas S., ÖZKAN Ö., KARAÇOBAN L., DÖNMEZ G., ÇETİN A., KORKUSUZ F.

JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS, vol.60, no.2, pp.276-281, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 60 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.23736/s0022-4707.19.09938-9
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.276-281
  • Keywords: Knee, Muscles, Tendons, Elasticity imaging techniques, Soccer, MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, FEMORIS MUSCLE, PATELLAR, INJURY, TONE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It is well known that several risk factors such as fatigue, previous injury, muscle strength deficit or imbalance are related to a higher incidence of knee injuries in professional soccer players. Knee muscle and tendon stiffness may be another factor that is related to knee injuries in professional soccer players. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the differences between professional soccer players and healthy sedentary males in terms of the stiffness of patellar tendon (PT), quadriceps tendon (QT), and rectus femoris muscle (RF) and vastus medialis muscle (VM).