Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players?
Objective: To measure femoral cartilage (FC) thickness and to evaluate the association between FC thickness and isokinetic muscle strength and rectus femoris (RF) muscle thickness in adolescent female basketball players. Materials and Methods: A total of 31 female adolescent basketball athletes wit...
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| author | Şerife Şeyma Torgutalp Naila Babayeva Gürhan Dönmez Ömer Özkan Levend Karaçoban Levent Özçakar |
| author_facet | Şerife Şeyma Torgutalp Naila Babayeva Gürhan Dönmez Ömer Özkan Levend Karaçoban Levent Özçakar |
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| description | Objective: To measure femoral cartilage (FC) thickness and to evaluate the association between FC thickness and isokinetic muscle strength and rectus femoris (RF) muscle thickness in adolescent female basketball players.
Materials and Methods: A total of 31 female adolescent basketball athletes with a mean age of 12.3 years (SD: 0.9) were included. Isokinetic measurements were performed on quadriceps and hamstring muscles bilaterally using a dynamometer. Bilateral RF and FC thicknesses were evaluated by ultrasonography. For FC thickness, three mid-point measurements were taken bilaterally from each knee as follows: lateral condyle, intercondylar area, and medial condyle. Mean FC thickness for each knee was calculated by values pertaining to the medial and lateral condyles, and the intercondylar area.
Results: Right and left mean FC thickness values were 0.23 (SD: 0.03) cm and 0.22 (SD: 0.03) cm. While there was a significant positive correlation between right and left FC thicknesses (r = 0.79, p < 0.001), no correlations were observed between FC and RF thicknesses or between the FC thickness and isokinetic quadriceps and hamstring strength.
Conclusion: The mean FC thickness does not seem to correlate either with the RF thickness or with the thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8447c251d39d401d9782fde9508163302023-02-15T16:10:11ZengTurkish Sports Medicine AssociationSpor Hekimligi Dergisi1300-05512587-14982022-06-01572677210.47447/tjsm.0620605Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players?Şerife Şeyma Torgutalp0Naila Babayeva1Gürhan Dönmez2Ömer Özkan3Levend Karaçoban4Levent Özçakar5 Sports Medicine Section, Gaziler Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Sports Medicine Section, Azerbaijan National Institute of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bakü, Azerbaijan Sports Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Sports Medicine Section, Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Arslan Training and Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey Sports Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine,Hacettepe University, Ankara, TurkeyObjective: To measure femoral cartilage (FC) thickness and to evaluate the association between FC thickness and isokinetic muscle strength and rectus femoris (RF) muscle thickness in adolescent female basketball players. Materials and Methods: A total of 31 female adolescent basketball athletes with a mean age of 12.3 years (SD: 0.9) were included. Isokinetic measurements were performed on quadriceps and hamstring muscles bilaterally using a dynamometer. Bilateral RF and FC thicknesses were evaluated by ultrasonography. For FC thickness, three mid-point measurements were taken bilaterally from each knee as follows: lateral condyle, intercondylar area, and medial condyle. Mean FC thickness for each knee was calculated by values pertaining to the medial and lateral condyles, and the intercondylar area. Results: Right and left mean FC thickness values were 0.23 (SD: 0.03) cm and 0.22 (SD: 0.03) cm. While there was a significant positive correlation between right and left FC thicknesses (r = 0.79, p < 0.001), no correlations were observed between FC and RF thicknesses or between the FC thickness and isokinetic quadriceps and hamstring strength. Conclusion: The mean FC thickness does not seem to correlate either with the RF thickness or with the thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players. https://journalofsportsmedicine.org/eng/full-text-pdf/605/eng cartilagekneequadricepsmuscle thicknessmuscle strengthultrasonography |
| spellingShingle | Şerife Şeyma Torgutalp Naila Babayeva Gürhan Dönmez Ömer Özkan Levend Karaçoban Levent Özçakar Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players? Spor Hekimligi Dergisi cartilage knee quadriceps muscle thickness muscle strength ultrasonography |
| title | Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players? |
| title_full | Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players? |
| title_fullStr | Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players? |
| title_short | Is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players? |
| title_sort | is femoral cartilage thickness associated with rectus femoris thickness and thigh muscle strength in adolescent female basketball players |
| topic | cartilage knee quadriceps muscle thickness muscle strength ultrasonography |
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