Effects of eccentric exercise in pressure pain threshold in subjects with functional ankle equinus condition

Stretching exercises are widely used by the population before sporting activities. One of the most common technique is eccentric exercise. Here, we made a clinical examination of 98 subjects with equinus condition before activity and after 30 min of running (49 participants with previous eccentric e...

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Autores: Rodríguez Sanz, David, Lopez Lopez, Daniel, Garcia, Daniel Muñoz, Medrano, Alfredo Soriano, Ponce, Angel Morales, Calvo Lobo, César, Corbalan, Irene Sanz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/125033
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/125033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:61
Ankle
Foot
Sports
Equinus Deformity
Tornozelo

Esportes
Pé equino
Ciencias Biomédicas
3299 Otras Especialidades Médicas
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Sumario:Stretching exercises are widely used by the population before sporting activities. One of the most common technique is eccentric exercise. Here, we made a clinical examination of 98 subjects with equinus condition before activity and after 30 min of running (49 participants with previous eccentric exercise and 49 with no previously eccentric exercise). The clinical assessment of the Achilles tendon was based on the pressure pain threshold (PPT). We identified significant PPT changes between the previous eccentric stretching and the non-previous eccentric stretching group in the Achilles tendon evaluations. Based on our findings, we propose that subjects with equinus condition could use eccentric stretching in order to improve the Achilles tendon status.