Eficácia do treinamento excêntrico na melhora de desfechos relacionados à tendinopatia patelar em indivíduos atletas e não atletas: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Patellar tendinopathy is a common chronic injury characterized by load-related pain in the patellar tendon. In addition, it is a health condition that has a high prevalence and results in several disabilities. Regarding treatment, eccentric training is an accessible intervention that has shown positive results for the improvement of disabilities related to other tendinopathies, especially with athletes, and has been little studied in non-athletes. In this sense, the objective of the present literature review was to investigate the effectiveness of eccentric training in improving outcomes related to patellar tendinopathy in athletes and non-athletes. Searches were performed in the following databases: MEDLINE, PEDro, SciELO and Cochrane. A total of 132 articles were found, of which six were selected as relevant studies after removing duplicates and analyzing titles, abstracts and the full text. It was observed in two studies that the use of eccentric training in individuals with patellar tendinopathy resulted in significant improvement in pain and disability. We can conclude that eccentric training has achieved positive results. However, evidence is still weak to support eccentric training recommendations to improve patellar tendinopathy-related outcomes. Furthermore, the results of the present study must be interpreted with caution, considering the small number of articles included and the variability regarding the sample and the implemented protocols.