Sex Variation in Patellar Tendon Kinetics During Running

• Authors: Jonathan Sinclair , Paul John Taylor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Purpose. The aim of the current investigation was to determine whether female recreational runners exhibit distinct patellar tendon loading patterns in relation to their male counterparts. Methods. Twelve male (age 26.55 ± 4.11 years, height 1.78 ± 0.11 m, mass 77.11 ± 5.06 kg) and twelve female (age 26.67 ± 5.34 years, height 1.67 ± 0.12 m, mass 63.28 ± 9.75 kg) runners ran over a force platform at 4.0 m · s-1. Lower limb kinematics were collected using an eight-camera optoelectric motion capture system which operated at 250 Hz. Patellar tendon loads were examined using a predictive algorithm. Sex differences in limb, knee and ankle joint stiffness were examined statistically using independent samples t tests. Results. The results indicate that patellar tendon force (male = 6.49 ± 2.28, female = 7.03 ± 1.35) and patelllar tendon loading rate (male = 92.41 ± 32.51, female = 111.05 ± 48.58) were significantly higher in female runners. Conclusions. Excessive tendon loading in female runners indicates that female runners may be at increased risk of patellar tendon pathologies.

Keywords

EN

running; sex; patellar tendon

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Human Movement
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 60-63

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

accepted

18 - 6 - 2015

received

26 - 2 - 2015

online

27 - 8 - 2015

Contributors

author

Jonathan Sinclair

• Centre for Applied Sport and Exercise Sciences, School of Sport Tourism and Outdoors, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom

author

Paul John Taylor

• School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/humo-2015-0027