%0 Journal Article %T Correlation between isokinetic profile and knee injuries in male volleyball athletes %J British journal of sports medicine %D 2011 %A Mendonça, L. D. %A Bittencourt, N. F. N. %A Barreto, R. A. %A Paiva, T. F. %A Porto, R. F. %A Silva, A. A. %A Fonseca, S. T. %V 45 %N 4 %P 345-345 %X Background Knee injuries are prevalent in elite volleyball and their preventive management is still discussed. Isokinetic assessment is largely use in sports injury prevention; however few studies investigate the differences in the isokinetic profile of injured knees. These studies analyses the agonist/antagonist ratio and do not consider other parameters as fatigue index. Objective to investigate the differences between injured and non injured knee in the hamstring/quadriceps ratio and fatigue index in volleyball male athletes. Setting all testing took place in the Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Laboratory- LAPREV in elite volleyball. Participants 49 male (mean+SD age, 21.96+4.1; height, 196.5+0.06; body mass, 89.1+9.03) athletes were evaluated in this study, being 20 at injured group. Participants with lower-extremity surgery in the previous 6 months and pain during the isokinetic test were excluded. Assessment of risk factor: hamstring/quadriceps ratio at 60°/s and 300°/s and fatigue at 300°/s at the dominant knee with 90° of hip flexion. Main outcome measurements trauma and overuse knee injuries provided by questionnaire. Results Differences between groups were found just in hamstring fatigue (p=0.002). The means of this parameter were 63.1 and 55.6 for injured and non-injured group respectively. For quadriceps fatigue the means were 48.4 and 47.3 respectively. No differences were found in the ratio analysis between groups (p=0.403 for 60°/s and p=0.289 for 360°/s). The means were 199.4 and 203.5 for injured and non-injured groups at 60°/s and 157.4 and 168.6 respectively at 300°/s. Conclusion The results showed that the injured group has more hamstring fatigue compared to non-injured group. The ratio analysis does not reveal differences between groups. The fatigue analysis must be incorporated in the athlete's assessment, because seems to be more informative about injury risk.

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%G en %I BMJ Publishing Group %@ 0306-3674 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2011.084038.99