Mechanical properties and UTE-T2* in Patellar tendinopathy: The effect of load magnitude in exercise-based treatment
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Mechanical properties and UTE-T2* in Patellar tendinopathy : The effect of load magnitude in exercise-based treatment. / Agergaard, Anne Sofie; Svensson, Rene B.; Hoeffner, Rikke; Hansen, Philip; Couppé, Christian; Kjaer, Michael; Magnusson, S. Peter.
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T1 - Mechanical properties and UTE-T2* in Patellar tendinopathy
T2 - The effect of load magnitude in exercise-based treatment
AU - Agergaard, Anne Sofie
AU - Svensson, Rene B.
AU - Hoeffner, Rikke
AU - Hansen, Philip
AU - Couppé, Christian
AU - Kjaer, Michael
AU - Magnusson, S. Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Loading intervention is currently the preferred management of tendinopathy, but to what extent different loading regimes influence the mechanical response in tendons is scarcely investigated. Therefore, the purposes of the investigation were to examine the effect of exercise interventions with either high or low load magnitude applied to the tendinopathic patellar tendon and the influence on its mechanical, material, and morphological properties. Forty-four men with chronic patellar tendinopathy were randomized to 12 weeks of exercising with either; 55% of 1RM throughout the period (MSR group) or 90% of 1RM (HSR group), and with equal total exercise volume in both groups. Mechanical (stiffness), material (T2* relaxation time), and morphological (cross-sectional area (CSA)) properties were assessed at baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention. MRI with ultra-short echo times (UTE) and T2*-mapping was applied to explore if T2* relaxation time could be used as a noninvasive marker for internal material alteration and early change thereof in response to intervention. There was no effect of HSR or MSR on the mechanical (stiffness), material (T2* relaxation time) or morphological (CSA) properties, but both regimes resulted in significant strength gain. In conclusion, there were no statistically superior effect of exercising with high (90%) compared to moderate (55%) load magnitude on the mechanical, material or morphological properties.
AB - Loading intervention is currently the preferred management of tendinopathy, but to what extent different loading regimes influence the mechanical response in tendons is scarcely investigated. Therefore, the purposes of the investigation were to examine the effect of exercise interventions with either high or low load magnitude applied to the tendinopathic patellar tendon and the influence on its mechanical, material, and morphological properties. Forty-four men with chronic patellar tendinopathy were randomized to 12 weeks of exercising with either; 55% of 1RM throughout the period (MSR group) or 90% of 1RM (HSR group), and with equal total exercise volume in both groups. Mechanical (stiffness), material (T2* relaxation time), and morphological (cross-sectional area (CSA)) properties were assessed at baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention. MRI with ultra-short echo times (UTE) and T2*-mapping was applied to explore if T2* relaxation time could be used as a noninvasive marker for internal material alteration and early change thereof in response to intervention. There was no effect of HSR or MSR on the mechanical (stiffness), material (T2* relaxation time) or morphological (CSA) properties, but both regimes resulted in significant strength gain. In conclusion, there were no statistically superior effect of exercising with high (90%) compared to moderate (55%) load magnitude on the mechanical, material or morphological properties.
KW - load magnitude
KW - loading-based treatment
KW - mechanical properties
KW - patellar tendon
KW - Tendinopathy
KW - UTE-T2 mapping
U2 - 10.1111/sms.14013
DO - 10.1111/sms.14013
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34189760
AN - SCOPUS:85109856674
VL - 31
SP - 1981
EP - 1990
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
SN - 0905-7188
IS - 10
ER -
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