Mendonça LDM, Bittencourt NFN, Alves LEM, Resende RA, Serrão FV. Interventions used for Rehabilitation and Prevention of Patellar Tendinopathy in athletes: a survey of Brazilian Sports Physical Therapists.
Braz J Phys Ther 2018;
24:46-53. [PMID:
30581095 DOI:
10.1016/j.bjpt.2018.12.001]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
(1) To identify the type and frequency of interventions used by Brazilian physical therapists to treat and prevent the occurrence of patellar tendinopathy in athletes and the criteria used to return to sport; (2) to compare the interventions used to the grade of recommendation of current evidence.
METHODS
Design: cross-sectional study.
SETTING
online survey throughout sports physical therapy association.
PARTICIPANTS
Physical therapists who were invited to complete a structured questionnaire.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Interventions more frequently used for treating and preventing PT in athletes and the criteria used to define return to sport.
RESULTS
One-hundred and twenty-one physical therapists participated in this study. Quadriceps eccentric strengthening (75.2%), education (61.2%) and lower limb joint/lumbo-pelvic stabilization/hamstrings stretching (59.5%) were more frequently cited for prevention purposes, while lower limb joint stabilization (81.8%), education (80.2%) and myofascial release (78.5%) were more frequently reported for treatment. The majority of the physical therapists based their decision of athlete discharge on a combination of pain intensity, function and functional test results (44.6%).
CONCLUSION
There was inconsistency between interventions used in clinical practice and interventions recommended by the best available evidence.
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