Aims: Over exercise is the most frequent cause of chronic shoulder pain and rotator cuff muscles chronic tendonitis is the most frequent problem among professional athletes. The purpose of this study was to review the effect of a period of compound treatment (physiotherapy, massage therapy, PNF stretching exercises) on rotator cuff muscles chronic tendonitis in Professional athletes. Materials ...

the main objective of this research was to evaluate reliability and validity of recovery stress questionnaire for athlestes (rest q-sport). professional and semi-professional athletes of handball and basketball constitute statistical population of current work. some 510 athletes were chosen in random as statistical samples. measurement tool used was a rest q-sport comprised of 76 questions with...

Latissimus dorsi (LD) avulsion injuries are rare injuries most commonly diagnosed in competitive athletes. The LD muscle originates from the thoracic spine, thoracolumbar fascia, and iliac crest, converging toward the axilla to insert between the pectoralis major and teres major tendons, just medial to the bicipital groove of the proximal humerus. Functionally, the latissimus adducts, internall...

In professional road cyclists, the majority of overuse injuries affect the lower limbs and are mostly represented by contractures or muscle shortening, characterized by an increase of tone and stiffness and a variation of elasticity. Treatment and prevention of these specific conditions may include physical, supplementary, and pharmacologic support. The aim of this real-life study was to determ...

We investigated whether professional athletes may require higher tidal volume (Tv ) during mechanical ventilation hypothesizing that they have significantly higher "normal" lung volumes compared to what was predicted and to nonathletes. Measured and predicted spirometric values were recorded in both athletes and nonathletes using a Spirovit SP-1 spirometer (Schiller, Switzerland). Normal Tv (6 ...