Are Current Prophylactic Programs Effective in Preventing Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletes and Recruits? A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Patellar tendinopathy (PT), or jumper's knee, is a chronic painful overuse patellar tendon injury. For PT, prevention is more important than treatment. However, there is still a lack of strong evidence to confirm the effectiveness of prevention.

Objective

This study will analyze by meta-analysis the effect of a prophylactic program on high PT risk people (but without PT) in reducing PT occurrence.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Ebscohost, from inception to January 11, 2022.

Study selection

A study comparing the effects of prophylactic programs and controls on the risk of PT was included in the analysis. After a database search with search terms ((patellar tendinopathy) OR (jumper's knee) OR (patellar tendinitis) OR (patel

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature