Professional paper

ECCENTRIC EXERCISES IN THE TREATMENT OF JUMPER'S KNEE

Damjan Dimnjaković ; Medicinski Fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Stjepan Dokuzović ; Ustanova za hitnu medicinsku pomoć Zagreb, Hrvatska
Alan Mahnik ; Klinika za ortopediju Kliničkog bolničkog centra Zagreb i Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Tomislav Smoljanović ; Klinika za ortopediju Kliničkog bolničkog centra Zagreb i Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Ivan Bojanić ; Klinika za ortopediju Kliničkog bolničkog centra Zagreb i Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska

Abstract

There exist different ways to treat patients with
diagnosed jumper's knee and non-operative methods are
becoming more and more popular regarding this issue.
Eccentric exercises are one method of non-surgical
treatment of jumper's knee with the main idea of doing
slow muscle contractions, during which the muscle fibers
lengthen, as opposed to concentric contractions in which
they shorten.Articles of the last decade, in which results of
eccentric exercises are being compared to results of other
treatment methods, indicate that the results are mostly in
favor of eccentric exercises. The aim of this article is to
recommend doing eccentric exercises as one of the nonsurgical
methods of treatment of jumper's knee and to
show our program of these exercises.

Keywords

eccentric exercises; jumper's knee; treatment

Hrčak ID:

57802

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/57802

Publication date:

1.7.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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