Key Data Collection and Research on Improving the Health Status of Volleyball Players

Abstract

Introduction: The disease of the end of the patellar tendon, also known as "jumping knee", is one of the common causes of prepatellar pain

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the clinical observation on the effect of shock wave therapy on volleyball players' patellar tendon terminal disease.

Methods: Both groups of athletes were involved in one knee. 33 patients in SWT group, including 30 males and 3 females, aged from 22 to 24 years old, with an average age of 23 years and a course of 3 to 5 months. 37 cases in the control group were treated with brace fixation and ion-electroosmosis therapy, including 32 males and 5 females, aged from 21 to 25 years, with an average age of 24 years, and the course of disease was 3 to 6 months. There was no significant difference in age, sex and course of disease between the two groups (P>0.05), which was comparable. There were 46 cases in ESWT group, including 43 males and 3 females. The age ranged from 23 to 29 years, with an average of 25 years. The course of disease was 1 month to 2 years; 36 cases in the control group were treated with physical factor therapy, including 32 males and 6 females, aged 21-27 years with an average of 24 years, and the course of disease was 2 months to 2 years. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, gender, course of disease, pain score and MRI stage (P>0.05).

Results: Both groups of athletes received a 12 month clinical evaluation. There was no significant difference in scores between the two groups before treatment (P>0.05). At 1,3,12 months after treatment, VAS pain score, VISA score and RM score were significantly improved compared with those before operation (P<0.05); SWT group was superior to the control group (P<0.05). The therapeutic effect of EWST group was significantly different from that of physical group. According to the joint function recovery and VAS pain score, the treatment effect in ESWT group was significantly lower than that in physical group after treatment (P<0.05). During follow-up, only 2 patients in ESWT group recurred, while 7 patients in physical group recurred. The recurrence rate in physical group was significantly higher than that in EWST group.

Conclusions: In volleyball or basketball players, carbon terminal disease is more common, with a incidence rate of 34.6% - 41.3%. A number of clinical studies have shown that ESWT is effective in the treatment of muscular dystrophy. Peers and other patients compared the clinical effects of surgical treatment and ESWT treatment for the terminal cluster disease. The results showed that: after 6 months of follow-up, the VAS pain scores of the two groups of patients were significantly improved compared with those before surgery, but the patients in the operation group needed braking for an average of 6.1 weeks after surgery, while the patients in the ESWT group did not need braking after treatment. Therefore, compared with surgical treatment, the early quality of life of patients treated with ESWT was higher.