✨A Personalized Muscle–Tendon Assessment and Exercise Prescription Concept Reduces Muscle–Tendon Imbalances in Female Adolescent Athletes✨✅
📌Imbalances between muscle strength and tendon stiffness influence the mechanical demand on the tendon (i.e., tendon strain) and may increase tendon injury risk. The purpose of this study was to identify muscle–tendon imbalances and to promote a more balanced musculotendinous adaptation through a personalized assessment and exercise prescription concept in female adolescent handball athletes (13–16 years).
➡️In conclusion, this longitudinal study evaluated a personalized muscle–tendon assessment and exercise prescription concept, in which we used maximum patellar tendon strain to identify muscle–tendon imbalances and to prescribe personalized exercises as a countermeasure.
➡️We found that the concept proved suitable to promote a more uniform adaptation of knee extensor muscle strength and patellar tendon stiffness and to reduce the prevalence of musculotendinous imbalances in female adolescent athletes.
➡️Thereby, we observed that most of the investigated athletes with musculotendinous imbalances had a relative deficit in tendon stiffness.
👉Considering the increased tendon injury risk associated with high-level tendon strain , this concept may be applied to prevent tendon overuse injuries, especially in populations with a high prevalence of tendinopathies and muscle–tendon imbalances.
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