Objectives

(1) To identify the type and frequency of interventions used by Brazilian physical therapists to treat and prevent the occurrence of patellar tendinopathy in athletes and the criteria used to return to sport; (2) to compare the interventions used to the grade of recommendation of current evidence.

Methods

Design: cross-sectional study. Setting: online survey throughout sports physical therapy association. Participants: Physical therapists who were invited to complete a structured questionnaire. Main Outcome Measures: Interventions more frequently used for treating and preventing PT in athletes and the criteria used to define return to sport.

Results

One-hundred and twenty-one physical therapists participated in this study. Quadriceps eccentric strengthening (75.2%), education (61.2%) and lower limb joint/lumbo-pelvic stabilization/hamstrings stretching (59.5%) were more frequently cited for prevention purposes, while lower limb joint stabilization (81.8%), education (80.2%) and myofascial release (78.5%) were more frequently reported for treatment. The majority of the physical therapists based their decision of athlete discharge on a combination of pain intensity, function and functional test results (44.6%).

Conclusion

There was inconsistency between interventions used in clinical practice and interventions recommended by the best available evidence.

中文翻译：

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用于运动员康复和预防Pat骨肌腱病的干预措施：对巴西体育物理治疗师的一项调查。

目标

（1）确定巴西理疗师用于治疗和预防运动员of骨肌腱病的干预措施的类型和频率，以及恢复运动的标准；（2）将干预措施与当前证据推荐等级进行比较。

方法

设计：横断面研究。地点：整个体育物理治疗协会的在线调查。参加者：受邀完成结构化问卷的理疗师。主要结果指标：在运动员中更常用于治疗和预防PT的干预措施以及用于定义恢复运动的标准。

结果

一百二十一物理治疗师参加了这项研究。为了预防起见，经常引用股四头肌偏心加强（75.2％），教育程度（61.2％）和下肢关节/腰骨盆稳定/ ham绳肌拉伸（59.5％），而下肢关节稳定（81.8％），教育（80.2） ％）和肌筋膜释放（78.5％）被更频繁地报告治疗。大多数物理治疗师基于疼痛强度，功能和功能测试结果的组合来决定运动员出院（44.6％）。

结论

临床实践中使用的干预措施与现有最佳证据推荐的干预措施之间存在不一致之处。