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REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA Y EL DEPORTE

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PATELLAR AND ACHILLES TENDONS IN SENIOR BADMINTON PLAYERS

Issue Volume 22, Number 87, 2022 Articles 
Abián, P
Profesor, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain)
Bravo-Sánchez, A
Becario FPI, Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Jiménez, F
Profesor, Facultad Ciencias del Deporte de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Abián-Vicén, J.
Profesor, Facultad Ciencias del Deporte de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

Abstract

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 non[1]dominant 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.

Keywords: Asymmetry, tendon structure, Myotonometry, elastography, badminton
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Revista multidisciplinar de las Ciencias del Deporte
ISSN: 1577-0354
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