Luciana De Michelis Mendonça1, Natália Franco Netto Bittencourt2, Laís Emanuelle Meira Alves3, Renan Alves Resende4, Fábio Viadanna Serrão5. 1. Physical Therapy Department, School of Biological and Health Sciences (FCBS), Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e do Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG, Brazil; Postgraduate Program of Rehabilitation and Functional Performance (PPGReab), Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e do Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: lucianademichelis@yahoo.com.br. 2. Centro Universitário UNI-BH e Minas Tenis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 3. Physical Therapy Department, School of Biological and Health Sciences (FCBS), Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e do Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG, Brazil. 4. Postgraduate Program of Rehabilitation and Functional Performance (PPGReab), Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e do Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG, Brazil; Physical Therapy Department, School of Physical Education, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 5. Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Postgraduate Program of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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.
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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