Background: Cricket, a non-contact
sport, in which a wide variety of injuries occur, one of them is patellar
tendinopathy, that consist of pain localized to the inferior pole of the
patella along with pain in prolonged sitting, squatting, and stairs climb and
descend, may be present. VISA-P questionnaire is a validated pain and
functional outcome measure that can be used to assess severity of symptoms.
Method: The study was conducted
with 152 cricket players of age group 18 - 24 years using convenient sampling,
the players were included in study according to inclusion criteria, exclusion
criteria and VISA -P score <80. The study was conducted over the period of 6
months, the outcome measures were SLDS and RLHT was used.
Result: The Prevalence of
Patellar Tendinopathy in cricket according to RLHT and SLDS are 95.39% in RLHT
& 76.31% in SLDS Prevalence in SLDS; According to age: In 18 years was
65.38%, 19years was78.94%,20years was81.81%,21yearswas68.42%,22year
swas86.66%,23
Years
was79.16%,24yea rswas78.99%. According to BMI:<18.5was64.70%,18.5-24.9 was 75.67%,25.0-29.9was85%,30.0-34.9was100%.
According to work experience: group:1-5 Years was81.81%,6-10years
was80.64%and11-15 was 69.23%. In RLHT, according to age, prevalence of patellar
tendinopathy in cricket players in 18 years was 88.46%, 19 years was
100%,20yearswas100%,21yearswas89.47%,22yearswas100%,23yearswas91.66%,
24
years was 97.36%. According to BMI: <18.5 was 100%, 18.5-24.9 was 92.79%,
25.0-29.9 was 100%, 30.0-34.9 was 100%. According to work experience, in the
group: 1-5 years was 98.70%, 6-10 years was 98.38% and 11-15 was 100%.
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