Yapay Zeka Hızlı Bakış & Çıkarımlar
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Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the effect and correlation of gender, body mass index(BMI) and quadriceps femoris (QF) muscle strength on patellar tendon (PT) thickness and stiffness inhealthy sedentary individuals.Methods: This study was carried out with 67 (36 female, 31 male) healthy sedentary individuals betweenthe ages of 18e44 (28.0 ± 7.5 years). The individuals included in the study were divided into two groupsaccording to their gender and BMI (18.5< BMI < 25 and 25 < BMI). The body composition was determined with Tanita Body Composition Analyser. PT thickness and stiffness was measured with ACUSONS3000 Ultrasonography Device using 9L4 ultrasonography probe. QF concentric muscle strength of theindividuals was measured with Biodex®System 4 Dynamometer at 60/sec angular speed.Results: It was found that PT stiffness was higher in males compared to females (p< 0.001). It was foundthat PT stiffness was lower in obese individuals compared to individuals with normal weight (p¼ 0.017).A negative and weak correlation was found between BMI and PT stiffness (r¼ 0.26, p ¼ 0.032), whereasa negative and moderate correlation was found between fat percentage and PT stiffness (r¼ 0.50,p< 0.001). A moderate correlation was found between BMI and PT thickness (r ¼ 0.54, p < 0.001). It wasfound that peak torque at 60/sec angular speed had a moderate correlation with PT stiffness (r¼ 0.44,p< 0.001) and PT thickness (r ¼ 0.45, p < 0.001).Conclusions: PT stiffness is correlated and affected by gender, BMI and QF muscle strength whereas PTthickness is correlated and affected only to BMI and QF muscle strength.© 2016 Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. This is anopen access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).