Aplicación de un programa kinesio-terapéutico en tendinopatía rotuliana en los deportistas de FEDEGUAYAS que pertenecen a la Academia Ritmo Latino.

Abstract

Introduction: Patellar tendinopathy is caused by repetitive or over-load movements, in the salsa and bachata dancers of the Ritmo Latino Academy this injury is caused by physical exhaustion during long days of rehearsal, where fast movements are performed. Objective: Determine the effects that were obtained from the kinesio-therapeutic program in the salsa and bachata athletes of the Ritmo Latino Academy. Methodology: This study is exploratory, pre-experimental with a quantitative approach. The sample was 30 athletes between 15 and 35 years old with an intentional non-probabilistic sampling. Results: In the study after the intervention 83% of the population is in a pain of 0 and 17% in pain 1 according to the evaluation scale of EVA; in flexibility the right lower limb the average category went from 20% to 3%, in good from 57% to 43% and in excellent from 23% to 53%, in the left lower limb the average category went from 30% to 7%, in good from 53% to 50%, in excellent from 17% to 40%.; in the variable balance 100% of the population is in an excellent state. While in the patellar tendinopathy test, 77% was negative and 23% was mild positive. Conclusion: In this study it was evidenced that with the application of the physiotherapeutic program in the population, pain was reduced, the vast majority of dancers had an increase in muscle mass, in turn presented an increase in flexibility, balance and strength.