The Academic College Levinsky-Wingate, Wingate Campus, Netanya, Israel.
Child Health and Sport Center, Pediatrics, Meir Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
J Sports Sci. 2024 Sep;42(17):1605-1616. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2024.2403290. Epub 2024 Sep 19.
To examine the relationship between Achilles-tendon (AT) and patellar-tendon (PT) structure, clinical-examination and tendon pain in young gymnasts; and, to explore the associations between these factors and age, maturation, and training-load. Two hundred and seventy-four female gymnasts (aged 12.1±1.9 yrs) were assessed for anthropometric measures, pubertal-stage, and training-load. They had clinical-tests (pain-on-palpation for AT and pain-on-palpation and Royal-London Hospital-Test for PT), were asked about tendon-pain during-loading and were assessed for tendon-structure. Gymnasts with positive clinical-tests (with and without pain during-loading) presented a significantly higher prevalence of disorganized AT and PT compared to gymnasts with negative clinical-tests (with and without pain during-loading) (<0.05). A significant pubertyXpositive clinical-test interaction was found for disorganized PT structure, whereby a disorganized structure was more prevalent among post-pubertal gymnasts with positive clinical-tests compared to pre-pubertal participants with negative clinical-tests (F=9.436, =0.002). In gymnasts with positive clinical-tests, significant correlations were found between disorganized AT and PT structures and age, and training-load (<0.05). An increased prevalence of disorganized tendon structure (regardless of pain during-loading) was seen in participants with positive clinical-tests. This disorganized tendon-structure was found to be significantly related to increased age, post-pubertal stage, and higher training hours in gymnasts with positive clinical-tests.
为了研究年轻体操运动员跟腱(AT)和髌腱(PT)结构、临床检查和腱痛之间的关系,并探讨这些因素与年龄、成熟度和训练负荷的关系。对 274 名 12.1±1.9 岁的女性体操运动员进行了人体测量评估、青春期分期和训练负荷评估。对她们进行了临床检查(跟腱压痛和髌腱压痛及伦敦皇家医院试验),询问了负荷期间的腱痛情况,并评估了腱结构。阳性临床检查(有或无负荷时疼痛)的体操运动员与阴性临床检查(有或无负荷时疼痛)的体操运动员相比,其紊乱的 AT 和 PT 结构的患病率明显更高(<0.05)。PT 结构紊乱的青春期X阳性临床检查存在显著的交互作用,即与阴性临床检查的青春期前参与者相比,阳性临床检查的青春期后体操运动员的 PT 结构紊乱更为常见(F=9.436,=0.002)。在阳性临床检查的体操运动员中,紊乱的 AT 和 PT 结构与年龄和训练负荷呈显著相关性(<0.05)。阳性临床检查的参与者中,紊乱的腱结构(无论在负荷期间是否有疼痛)的患病率均增加。在阳性临床检查的体操运动员中,这种紊乱的腱结构与年龄增加、青春期后阶段和更高的训练时间有关。