TY  - GEN
A1  - Martinez-Valdes, Eduardo
A1  - Negro, Francesco
A1  - Laine, Christopher M.
A1  - Falla, Deborah L.
A1  - Mayer, Frank
A1  - Farina, Dario
T1  - Identifying motor units in longitudinal studies with high-density surface electromyography
T2  - Converging clinical and engineering research on neurorehabilitation II
N2  - We investigated the possibility to identify motor units (MUs) with high-density surface electromyography (HDEMG) over experimental sessions in different days. 10 subjects performed submaximal knee extensions across three sessions in three days separated by one week, while EMG was recorded from the vastus medialis muscle with high-density electrode grids. The shapes of the MU action potentials (MUAPs) over multiple channels extracted from HDEMG decomposition were matched across sessions by cross-correlation. Forty and twenty percent of the MUs decomposed could be tracked across two and three sessions, respectively (average cross correlation 0.85 +/- 0.04). The estimated properties of the matched motor units were similar across the sessions. For example, mean discharge rate and recruitment thresholds were measured with an intra-class correlation coefficient (ICCs) > 0.80. These results strongly suggest that the same MUs were indeed identified across sessions. This possibility will allow monitoring changes in MU properties following interventions or during the progression of neuromuscular disorders.
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 978-3-319-46669-9
SN  - 978-3-319-46668-2
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_27
SN  - 2195-3562
VL  - 15
SP  - 147
EP  - 151
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Kopinski, Stephan
T1  - The neuromuscular efficiency of lower back muscles in low back pain
T1  - Die neuromuskuläre Effizienz der unteren Rückenmuskulatur bei 
Rückenschmerzen
N2  - BACKGROUND: The etiology of low back pain (LBP), one of the most prevalent and costly diseases of our time, is accepted to be multi-causal, placing functional factors in the focus of research. Thereby, pain models suggest a centrally controlled strategy of trunk stiffening in LBP. However, supporting biomechanical evidence is mostly limited to static measurements during maximum voluntary contractions (MVC), probably influenced by psychological factors in LBP. Alternatively, repeated findings indicate that the neuromuscular efficiency (NME), characterized by the strength-to-activation relationship (SAR), of lower back muscles is impaired in LBP. Therefore, a dynamic SAR protocol, consisting of normalized trunk muscle activation recordings during submaximal loads (SMVC) seems to be relevant. This thesis aimed to investigate the influence of LBP on the NME and activation pattern of trunk muscles during dynamic trunk extensions. 
METHODS: The SAR protocol consisted of an initial MVC reference trial (MVC1), followed by SMVCs at 20, 40, 60 and 80% of MVC1 load. An isokinetic trunk dynamometer (Con-Trex TP, ROM: 45° flexion to 10° extension, velocity: 45°/s) and a trunk surface EMG setup (myon, up to 12 leads) was used. Extension torque output [Nm] and muscular activation [V] were assessed in all trials. Finally, another MVC trial was performed (MVC2) for reliability analysis. For SAR evaluation the SMVC trial values were normalized [%MVC1] and compared inter- and intra-individually. 
The methodical validity of the approach was tested in an isometric SAR single-case pilot study (S1a: N = 2, female LBP patient vs. healthy male). In addition, the validity of the MVC reference method was verified by comparing different contraction modes (S1b: N = 17, healthy individuals). Next, the isokinetic protocol was validated in terms of content for its applicability to display known physiological differences between sexes in a cross-sectional study (S2: each n = 25 healthy males/females). Finally, the influence of acute pain on NME was investigated longitudinally by comparing N = 8 acute LBP patients with the retest after remission of pain (S3). The SAR analysis focused on normalized agonistic extensor activation and abdominal and synergistic extensor co-activation (t-tests, ANOVA, α = .05) as well as on reliability of MVC1/2 outcomes.
RESULTS: During the methodological validation of the protocol (S1a), the isometric SAR was found to be descriptively different between individuals. Whereas torque output was highest during eccentric MVC, no relevant difference in peak EMG activation was found between contraction modes (S1b). The isokinetic SAR sex comparison (S2), though showing no significant overall effects, revealed higher normalized extensor activation at moderate submaximal loads in females (13 ± 4%), primarily caused by pronounced thoracic activation. Similarly, co-activation analysis resulted in significantly higher antagonistic activation at moderate loads compared to males (33 ± 9%). During intra-individual analysis of SAR in LBP patients (S3), a significant effect of pain status on the SAR has been identified, manifesting as increased normalized EMG activation of extensors during acute LBP (11 ± 8%) particularly at high load. Abdominal co-activation tended to be elevated (27 ± 11%) just as the thoracic extensor parts seemed to take over proportions of lumbar activation. All together, the M. erector spinae behaviour during the SAR protocol was rather linear with the tendency to rise exponentially during high loads. For the level of normalized EMG activation during SMVCs, a clear increasing trend from healthy males to females over to non-acute and acute LBP patients was discovered. This was associated by elevated antagonistic activation and a shift of synergistic towards lumbar extensor activation. The MVC data revealed overall good reliability, with clearly higher variability during acute LBP.        
DISCUSSION: The present thesis demonstrates that the NME of lower back muscles is impaired in LBP patients, especially during an acute pain episode. A new dynamic protocol has been developed that makes it possible to display the underlying SAR using normalized trunk muscle EMG during submaximal isokinetic loads. The protocol shows promise as a biomechanical tool for diagnostic analysis of NME in LBP patients and monitoring of rehabilitation progress. Furthermore, reliability not of maximum strength but rather of peak EMG of MVC measurements seems to be decreased in LBP patients. Meanwhile, the findings of this thesis largely substantiate the assumptions made by the recently presented ‘motor adaptation to pain’ model, suggesting a pain-related intra- and intermuscular activation redistribution affecting movement and stiffness of the trunk. Further research is needed to distinguish the grade of NME impairment between LBP subgroups.
N2  - HINTERGRUND: Die Ätiologie von unteren Rückenschmerzen (LBP), als eine der häufigsten und kostenintensivsten Beschwerden unserer Zeit, gilt als multi-kausal, wobei funktionelle Aspekte im Fokus der Forschung stehen. Schmerzmodelle vermuten dabei ein zentral gesteuertes Muster der Rumpfversteifung. Von biomechanischer Seite jedoch, sind unterstützende Daten weitestgehend auf statische Messungen während maximal-willentlicher Kontraktionen (MVC) beschränkt, wobei psychologische Einflussfaktoren bei LBP-Patienten nicht auszuschließen sind. Alternativ werden Anzeichen für Beeinträchtigungen der neuro-muskulären Effizienz (NME) der unteren Rückenmuskulatur berichtet, welche durch ein verringertes Kraft-Aktivierungsverhältnis (SAR) gekennzeichnet sind. Daher könnte ein dynamisches SAR Protokoll, basierend auf normierten Aktivierungswerten der Rumpf-muskulatur während submaximaler Belastungen (SMVC), eine maßgebliche Alternative darstellen. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es deshalb, den Einfluss von LBP auf die NME und Aktivierung des Rumpfes während dynamischer Rumpfstreckbewegungen zu untersuchen.    
METHODEN: Das NME-Protokoll bestand aus einem initialen MVC-Referenzdurchgang (MVC1), gefolgt von SMVC bei 20, 40, 60 und 80% der MVC1-Last. Mittels isokinetischem Rumpfdynamometer (ConTrex TP, ROM: 45° Flexion bis 10° Extension, 45°/s) und Oberflächen-EMG (myon, max. 12 Rumpfableitungen) wurden dabei Extensionsdrehmomente [Nm] und Muskelaktivität [V] aufgezeichnet. Für die Reliabilitätsanalyse wurde abschließend ein weiterer MVC-Durchgang (MVC2) durchgeführt. Die Normierung der SMVC-Daten [%MVC1] ermöglichte den inter- und intraindividuelle Vergleich der NME Werte. Die methodische Validierung erfolgte in einer Einzelfallvergleich-Pilotstudie mit isometrischem NME Protokoll (S1a) und einem Vergleich der MVC-Referenzwerte in mehreren Kontraktionsmodi (S1b: N = 17, gesunde Teilnehmer). In der Folge wurde das isokinetische NME-Protokoll in einer Querschnittstudie inhaltlich, auf die Abbildbarkeit bekannter physiologischer Geschlechterunterschiede, geprüft (S2: jeweils n = 25 gesunde Männer und Frauen). In der finalen Studie wurde der Einfluss von akutem Schmerz auf die NME im Längsschnitt von akutem und schmerzfreien Zustand bei N = 8 LBP Patienten verglichen (S3). Die Analyse konzentrierte sich auf die normierte agonistische Extensorenaktivierung und die abdominale und synergistischen Kokontraktion, sowie die MVC1/2 Reliabilität.
ERGEBNISSE: Die methodische Validierung des Protokolls (S1a) resultierte in einem deskriptiv unterschiedlichen NME Verlauf, mit eher widersprüchlichen Daten der LBP-Patientin. Im Vergleich der Kontraktionsarten (S1b) zeigten die exzentrischen MVC die höchsten Dreh-momentwerte, jedoch wurden keine bedeutsamen Unterschiede in der maximalen Aktivierung gefunden. Obwohl im Geschlechtervergleich mit dem isokinetischen NME-Protokoll (S2) kein Gesamteffekt gefunden wurde, zeigten Frauen eine höhere normalisierte Aktivierung der Extensoren bei mittleren Lasten (13 ± 4%), verursacht vor allem durch höhere thorakale Aktivität. Auch die antagonistische Koaktivierung der Frauen war bei moderaten Lasten signifikant höher (33 ± 9%) als bei den Männern. Der Vergleich der NME Werte innerhalb der LBP-Patienten (S3) ergab einen signifikanten Effekt von Schmerz auf die NME mit gesteigerter normalisierter Extensorenaktivität (11 ± 8%) besonders bei hoher Last. Damit einhergehend wurde eine tendenziell erhöhte Kokontraktion (27 ± 11%) und eine anteilige Verschiebung von lumbaler hin zu thorakaler Extensorenaktivierung festgestellt. Insgesamt zeigte der M. erector spinae während des NME-Protokolls ein eher lineares Verhalten mit tendenziell überproportionalem Anstieg bei höheren Lasten. Die normierte EMG-Aktivität zeigte einen eindeutig ansteigenden Trend von gesunden Männern zu Frauen bzw. von schmerzfreien zu akuten LBP-Patienten. Im gleichen Maße stieg das Level der abdominalen Kokontraktion und der thorakale Aktivitätsanteil. Die MVC-Daten ergaben eine insgesamt gute Reproduzierbarkeit, mit erhöhter Variabilität bei akuten LBP-Patienten (S3).  
DISKUSSION: Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt dass die NME der unteren Rückenmuskulatur bei LBP-Patienten, besonders während akuter Schmerzen, beeinträchtigt ist. Es wurde ein neues dynamisches Protokoll vorgestellt, welches das zugrundeliegende SAR mittels normierter Rumpfmuskelaktivität bei submaximalen isokinetischen Lasten abbildet. Gesunde Frauen zeigten im Zuge der Validierung eine geringere NME und ein abweichendes Aktivierungs-muster im Vergleich zu Männern. Insgesamt empfiehlt sich das Protokoll als biomechanisch-diagnostische Messmethode für die NME bei LBP-Patienten und deren Therapiekontrolle. Auch bestätigt es die Grundlagen des ‘motor adaptation to pain’-Modells, welches eine schmerzabhängige intra- und intermuskuläre Aktivierungsanpassung des Rumpfes bei LBP annimmt. Weitere Forschung zur Beeinträchtigung der NME bei LBP-Untergruppen ist notwendig.
KW  - low back pain
KW  - trunk
KW  - biomechanics
KW  - neuromuscular efficiency
KW  - Rückenschmerzen
KW  - Rumpf
KW  - Biomechanics
KW  - neuromuskuläre Effizienz
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-101241
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Barsuhn, Michael
T1  - Sportentwicklungsplanung als ein strategisches Steuerungsinstrument für kommunale Sportveranstaltungen
BT  - empirische Bedarfsermittlung für ein Studiengangmodell "Kommunale Sportentwicklungsplanung"
T2  - Schriften zur Körperkultur ; 79
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 978-3-643-13525-4
PB  - Lit
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Antoniewicz, Franziska
A1  - Brand, Ralf
T1  - Dropping Out or Keeping Up?
BT  - Early-Dropouts, Late-Dropouts, and Maintainers Differ in Their Automatic Evaluations of Exercise Already before a 14-Week Exercise Course
JF  - Frontiers in psychology
N2  - The aim of this study was to examine how automatic evaluations of exercising (AEE) varied according to adherence to an exercise program. Eighty-eight participants (24.98 years ± 6.88; 51.1% female) completed a Brief-Implicit Association Task assessing their AEE, positive and negative associations to exercising at the beginning of a 3-month exercise program. Attendance data were collected for all participants and used in a cluster analysis of adherence patterns. Three different adherence patterns (52 maintainers, 16 early dropouts, 20 late dropouts; 40.91% overall dropouts) were detected using cluster analyses. Participants from these three clusters differed significantly with regard to their positive and negative associations to exercising before the first course meeting (η2p = 0.07). Discriminant function analyses revealed that positive associations to exercising was a particularly good discriminating factor. This is the first study to provide evidence of the differential impact of positive and negative associations on exercise behavior over the medium term. The findings contribute to theoretical understanding of evaluative processes from a dual-process perspective and may provide a basis for targeted interventions.
KW  - exercise adherence
KW  - automatic evaluations
KW  - BIAT
KW  - dropout
KW  - associations
KW  - affect
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00838
SN  - 1664-1078
VL  - 7
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Antoniewicz, Franziska
A1  - Brand, Ralf
T1  - Dropping Out or Keeping Up?
BT  - Early-Dropouts, Late-Dropouts, and Maintainers Differ in Their Automatic Evaluations of Exercise Already before a 14-Week Exercise Course
N2  - The aim of this study was to examine how automatic evaluations of exercising (AEE) varied according to adherence to an exercise program. Eighty-eight participants (24.98 years ± 6.88; 51.1% female) completed a Brief-Implicit Association Task assessing their AEE, positive and negative associations to exercising at the beginning of a 3-month exercise program. Attendance data were collected for all participants and used in a cluster analysis of adherence patterns. Three different adherence patterns (52 maintainers, 16 early dropouts, 20 late dropouts; 40.91% overall dropouts) were detected using cluster analyses. Participants from these three clusters differed significantly with regard to their positive and negative associations to exercising before the first course meeting (η2p = 0.07). Discriminant function analyses revealed that positive associations to exercising was a particularly good discriminating factor. This is the first study to provide evidence of the differential impact of positive and negative associations on exercise behavior over the medium term. The findings contribute to theoretical understanding of evaluative processes from a dual-process perspective and may provide a basis for targeted interventions.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 304 
KW  - BIAT
KW  - affect
KW  - associations
KW  - automatic evaluations
KW  - dropout
KW  - exercise adherence
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-97060
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Salzwedel, Annett
A1  - Heidler, Maria-Dorothea
A1  - Haubold, Kathrin
A1  - Schikora, Martin
A1  - Reibis, Rona Katharina
A1  - Wegscheider, Karl
A1  - Jöbgens, Michael
A1  - Völler, Heinz
T1  - Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in employable patients after acute coronary event in cardiac rehabilitation
N2  - Introduction: Adequate cognitive function in patients is a prerequisite for successful implementation of patient education and lifestyle coping in comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs. Although the association between cardiovascular diseases and cognitive impairments (CIs) is well known, the prevalence particularly of mild CI in CR and the characteristics of affected patients have been insufficiently investigated so far.

Methods: In this prospective observational study, 496 patients (54.5 ± 6.2 years, 79.8% men) with coronary artery disease following an acute coronary event (ACE) were analyzed. Patients were enrolled within 14 days of discharge from the hospital in a 3-week inpatient CR program. Patients were tested for CI using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) upon admission to and discharge from CR. Additionally, sociodemographic, clinical, and physiological variables were documented. The data were analyzed descriptively and in a multivariate stepwise backward elimination regression model with respect to CI.

Results: At admission to CR, the CI (MoCA score < 26) was determined in 182 patients (36.7%). Significant differences between CI and no CI groups were identified, and CI group was associated with high prevalence of smoking (65.9 vs 56.7%, P = 0.046), heavy (physically demanding) workloads (26.4 vs 17.8%, P < 0.001), sick leave longer than 1 month prior to CR (28.6 vs 18.5%, P = 0.026), reduced exercise capacity (102.5 vs 118.8 W, P = 0.006), and a shorter 6-min walking distance (401.7 vs 421.3 m, P = 0.021) compared to no CI group. The age- and education-adjusted model showed positive associations with CI only for sick leave more than 1 month prior to ACE (odds ratio [OR] 1.673, 95% confidence interval 1.07–2.79; P = 0.03) and heavy workloads (OR 2.18, 95% confidence interval 1.42–3.36; P < 0.01).

Conclusion: The prevalence of CI in CR was considerably high, affecting more than one-third of cardiac patients. Besides age and education level, CI was associated with heavy workloads and a longer sick leave before ACE.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 314 
KW  - cardiac rehabilitation
KW  - cognitive impairment
KW  - prevalence
KW  - acute coronary event
KW  - patient education
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104113
SP  - 55
EP  - 60
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Bohlken, Jens
T1  - Ambulante medikamentöse Behandlung von Patienten mit Demenz
Y1  - 2016
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Reschke, Antje
T1  - Effectiveness of a foot  orthosis on muscular activity in functional ankle instability
T1  - Der Einfluss einer Schuheinlage auf die muskuläre Aktivität bei funktioneller Sprunggelenksinstabilität
BT  - a randomized controlled trial
BT  - eine randomisierte, kontrollierte Studie
N2  - A majority of studies documented a reduced ankle muscle activity, particularly of the peroneus longus muscle (PL), in patients with functional ankle instability (FI). It is considered valid that foot orthoses as well as sensorimotor training have a positive effect on ankle muscle activity in healthy individuals and those with lower limb overuse injuries or flat arched feet (reduced reaction time by sensorimotor exercises; increased ankle muscle amplitude by orthoses use). However, the acute- and long-term influence of foot orthoses on ankle muscle activity in individuals with FI is unknown. 
AIMS: The present thesis addressed (1a) acute- and (1b) long-term effects of foot orthoses compared to sensorimotor training on ankle muscle activity in patients with FI. (2) Further, it was investigated if the orthosis intervention group demonstrate higher ankle muscle activity by additional short-term use of a measurement in-shoe orthosis (compared to short-term use of “shoe only”) after intervention. (3) As prerequisite, it was evaluated if ankle muscle activity can be tested reliably and (4) if this differs between healthy individuals and those with FI. 
METHODS: Three intervention groups (orthosis group [OG], sensorimotor training group [SMTG], control group [CG]), consisting of both, healthy individuals and those with FI, underwent one longitudinal investigation (randomised controlled trial). Throughout 6 weeks of intervention, OG wore an in-shoe orthosis with a specific “PL stimulation module”, whereas SMTG conducted home-based exercises. CG served to measure test-retest reliability of ankle muscle activity (PL, M. tibialis anterior [TA] and M. gastrocnemius medialis [GM]). Pre- and post-intervention, ankle muscle activity (EMG amplitude) was recorded during “normal” unperturbed (NW) and perturbed walking (PW) on a split-belt treadmill (stimulus 200 ms post initial heel contact [IC]) as well as during side cutting (SC), each while wearing “shoes only” and additional measurement in-shoe orthoses (randomized order). Normalized RMS values (100% MVC, mean±SD) were calculated pre- (100-50 ms) and post (200-400 ms) - IC. 
RESULTS: (3) Test-retest reliability showed a high range of values in healthy individuals and those with FI. (4) Compared to healthy individuals, patients with FI demonstrated lower PL pre-activity during SC, however higher PL pre-activity for NW and PW. (1a) Acute orthoses use did not influence ankle muscle activity. (1b) For most conditions, sensorimotor training was more effective in individuals with FI than long-term orthotic intervention (increased: PL and GM pre-activity and TA reflex-activity for NW, PL pre-activity and TA, PL and GM reflex-activity for SC, PL reflex-activity for PW). However, prolonged orthoses use was more beneficial in terms of an increase in GM pre-activity during SC. For some conditions, long-term orthoses intervention was as effective as sensorimotor training for individuals with FI (increased: PL pre-activity for PW, TA pre-activity for SC, PL and GM reflex-activity for NW). Prolonged orthoses use was also advantageous in healthy individuals (increased: PL and GM pre-activity for NW and PW, PL pre-activity for SC, TA and PL reflex-activity for NW, PL and GM reflex-activity for PW). (2) The orthosis intervention group did not present higher ankle muscle activity by the additional short-term use of a measurement in-shoe orthosis at re-test after intervention.
CONCLUSION: High variations of reproducibility reflect physiological variability in muscle activity during gait and therefore deemed acceptable. The main findings confirm the presence of sensorimotor long-term effects of specific foot orthoses in healthy individuals (primary preventive effect) and those with FI (therapeutic effect). Neuromuscular compensatory feedback- as well as anticipatory feedforward adaptation mechanism to prolonged orthoses use, specifically of the PL muscle, underpins the key role of PL in providing essential dynamic ankle joint stability. Due to its advantages over sensorimotor training (positive subjective feedback in terms of comfort, time-and-cost-effectiveness), long-term foot orthoses use can be recommended as an applicable therapy alternative in the treatment of FI. Long-term effect of foot orthoses in a population with FI must be validated in a larger sample size with longer follow-up periods to substantiate the generalizability of the existing outcomes.
N2  - HINTERGRUND: Eine Mehrzahl an Studien konnte bei Patienten mit funktioneller Sprunggelenksinstabilität (FI) eine reduzierte Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur, besonders des M. peroneus longus (PL), zeigen. Es gilt als valide, dass Schuheinlagen als auch sensomotorische Trainingsformen einen positiven Effekt auf die Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur bei Gesunden und Personen mit Überlastungsreaktionen der unteren Extremität oder flachem Fußgewölbe haben (reduzierte Reaktionszeit durch sensomotorisches Training;  erhöhte Muskelamplitude durch den Gebrauch von Einlagen). Jedoch ist der Akut-und Langzeiteinfluss von Schuheinlagen auf die Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur bei Personen mit FI unbekannt.
ZIELE: Die vorliegende Arbeit befasste sich mit Akut (1a)- und Langzeiteffekten (1b) von Schuheinlagen im Vergleich zu sensomotorischem Training auf die Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur bei Patienten mit FI. (2) Des Weiteren wurde untersucht, ob eine Einlageninterventionsgruppe eine höhere Muskelaktivität durch den zusätzlichen kurzzeitigen Einsatz einer In-Schuh-Messeinlage (im Vergleich mit dem kurzzeitigen „nur Schuheinsatz“) nach der Intervention zeigt. (3) Als Voraussetzung wurde bewertet, ob die Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur zuverlässig (reproduzierbar) erfasst werden kann und (4) ob sie sich zwischen gesunden Personen von der bei Personen mit FI unterscheidet.
METHODEN: Drei Interventionsgruppen (Einlagengruppe [OG], Sensomotorische Trainingsgruppe [SMTG], Kontrollgruppe [CG]), bestehend aus je Gesunden und Personen mit FI, wurden einer Längsschnittuntersuchung (Randomisierte kontrollierte Studie) unterzogen. In der 6 wöchigen Interventionsphase trug die OG eine In-Schuh-Einlage mit einem spezifischen „PL Stimulationsmodul“, während die SMTG heimbasierte Übungen durchführte. Die CG diente dazu, die Test-Retest-Zuverlässigkeit der Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur (PL, M. tibialis anterior [TA] and M. gastrocnemius medialis [GM]) zu messen. Vor- und nach der Intervention wurde die Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur (EMG-amplitude) während „normalem“ unperturbiertem (NW) und perturbiertem Gehen (PW) auf einem „split-belt“-Laufband (Reiz 200 ms nach initialem Fersenkontakt [IC]) und während eines „Seitschrittes“ (SC) als Antäuschmaneuver, jeweils mit Tragen von „Nur-Schuhen“ und mit zusätzlichen In-Schuh-Messeinlagen (randomisierte Reihenfolge), aufgezeichnet. Die normalisierten RMS-Werte (100% MVC, mean±SD) wurden vor (100-50 ms) und nach (200-400 ms) dem IC berechnet. 
ERGEBNISSE: (3) Die Test-Retest Zuverlässigkeit zeigte eine hohe Streuung der Werte bei Gesunden und Personen mit FI. (4) Verglichen mit den Gesunden, zeigten Patienten mit FI eine geringere PL Voraktivität beim SC, jedoch eine höhere PL Voraktivität beim NW und PW. (1a) Der akute Einlagengebrauch beeinflusste die Muskelaktivität des Sprunggelenkes nicht. (1b) Für die meisten Konditionen war das sensomotorische Training effektiver bei Personen mit FI als die langfristige Einlagenintervention (erhöhte Aktivität: PL and GM Voraktivität und TA Reflexaktivität beim NW, PL Voraktivität und TA, PL und GM Reflexaktivität beim SC, PL Reflexaktivität beim PW). Jedoch war der langfristige Einlagengebrauch vorteilhafter im Sinne einer erhöhten GM Voraktivität beim SC. Für einige Konditionen war die langfristige Einlagenintervention genauso effektiv wie das sensomotorische Training bei Personen mit FI (erhöhte Aktivität: PL Voraktivität beim PW, TA Voraktivität beim SC, PL and GM Reflexaktivität beim NW). Langanhaltender Einlagengebrauch war auch bei gesunden Personen vorteilhaft (erhöhte Aktivität: PL und GM Voraktivität beim NW und PW, PL Voraktivität beim SC, TA und PL Reflexaktivität beim NW, PL und GM Reflexaktivität beim PW).  (2) Die Einlageninterventionsgruppe wies keine höhere Muskelaktivität der Sprunggelenksmuskulatur durch den zusätzlichen kurzzeitigen Einsatz einer In-Schuh-Messeinlage beim Re-test nach der Intervention auf. 
SCHLUSSFOLGERUNG: Große Variationen für die Reproduzierbarkeit spiegeln die physiologische Variabilität der Muskelaktivität während des Gehens wider und werden daher als akzeptabel erachtet. Die Hauptergebnisse bestätigen das Vorhandensein von sensomotorischen Langzeiteffekten von spezifischen Schuheinlagen bei Gesunden (primär-präventiver Effekt) und Personen mit FI (therapeutischer Effekt). Der neuromuskuläre kompensatorische Feedback- als auch der antizipatorische Feedforward- Anpassungsmechanismus auf die langfristige Einlagennutzung, insbesondere des M. peroneus longus, untermauert die Schlüsselrolle des PL in der Bereitstellung von essentieller dynamischer Sprunggelenksstabilität. Aufgrund seiner Vorteile gegenüber sensomotorischem Training (positives subjektives Feedback hinsichtlich des Komforts,  Zeit-und-Kosteneffektivität), kann der langanhaltende Einlagengebrauch als geeignete Therapiealternative in der Behandlung von FI empfohlen werden. Der Langzeiteffekt von Schuheinlagen in einer Population mit FI bedarf einer Validierung mittels höherer Stichprobengrößen und längerer Follow-up-Perioden, um die Verallgemeinerbarkeit der existierenden Studienergebnisse zu belegen.
KW  - foot orthoses
KW  - neuromuscular activity
KW  - electromyography of lower limb
KW  - chronical ankle instability
KW  - randomized controlled trial
KW  - Schuheinlagen
KW  - neuromuskuläre Aktivität
KW  - Elektromyografie der unteren Extremität
KW  - chronische Sprunggelenksinstabilität
KW  - randomisierte, kontrollierte Studie
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104366
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Intziegianni, Konstantina
A1  - Cassel, Michael
A1  - Rauf, S.
A1  - White, S.
A1  - Rector, Michael V.
A1  - Kaplick, Hannes
A1  - Wahmkow, Gunnar
A1  - Kratzenstein, S.
A1  - Mayer, Frank
T1  - Influence of Age and Pathology on Achilles Tendon Properties During a Single-leg Jump
JF  - International journal of sports medicine
N2  - Prevalence of Achilles tendinopathy increases with age leading to a weaker tendon with predisposition to rupture. Conclusive evidence of the influence of age and pathology on Achilles tendon (AT) properties remains limited, as previous studies are based on standardized isometric conditions. The study investigates the influence of age and pathology on AT properties during single-leg vertical jump (SLVJ). 10 children (C), 10 asymptomatic adults (A), and 10 tendinopathic patients (T) were included. AT elongation [mm] from rest to maximal displacement during a SLVJ on a force-plate was sonographically assessed. AT compliance [mm/N]) and strain [%] was calculated by dividing elongation by peak ground reaction force [N] and length, respectively. One-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-hoc correction (=0.05) were used to compare C with A and A with T. AT elongation (p=0.004), compliance (p=0.001), and strain were found to be statistically significant higher in C (27 +/- 3mm, 0.026 +/- 0.006[mm/N], 13 +/- 2%) compared to A (21 +/- 4mm, 0.017 +/- 0.005[mm/N], 10 +/- 2%). No statistically significant differences (p0.05) was found between A and T (25 +/- 5mm, 0.019 +/- 0.004[mm/N], 12 +/- 3%). During SLVJ, tendon responded differently in regards to age and pathology with children having the most compliant AT. Higher compliance found in healthy tendons might be considered as a protective factor against load-related injuries.
KW  - children
KW  - tendinopathy
KW  - compliance
KW  - dynamic
KW  - ultrasonography
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-108198
SN  - 0172-4622
SN  - 1439-3964
VL  - 37
SP  - 973
EP  - 978
PB  - Thieme
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller, Steffen
A1  - Müller, Juliane
A1  - Stoll, Josefine
A1  - Prieske, Olaf
A1  - Cassel, Michael
A1  - Mayer, Frank
T1  - Incidence of back pain in adolescent athletes
BT  - a prospective study
JF  - BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation
N2  - Background

Recently, the incidence rate of back pain (BP) in adolescents has been reported at 21%. However, the development of BP in adolescent athletes is unclear. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of BP in young elite athletes in relation to gender and type of sport practiced.

Methods

Subjective BP was assessed in 321 elite adolescent athletes (m/f 57%/43%; 13.2 ± 1.4 years; 163.4 ± 11.4 cm; 52.6 ± 12.6 kg; 5.0 ± 2.6 training yrs; 7.6 ± 5.3 training h/week). Initially, all athletes were free of pain. The main outcome criterion was the incidence of back pain [%] analyzed in terms of pain development from the first measurement day (M1) to the second measurement day (M2) after 2.0 ± 1.0 year. Participants were classified into athletes who developed back pain (BPD) and athletes who did not develop back pain (nBPD). BP (acute or within the last 7 days) was assessed with a 5-step face scale (face 1–2 = no pain; face 3–5 = pain). BPD included all athletes who reported faces 1 and 2 at M1 and faces 3 to 5 at M2. nBPD were all athletes who reported face 1 or 2 at both M1 and M2. Data was analyzed descriptively. Additionally, a Chi2 test was used to analyze gender- and sport-specific differences (p = 0.05).

Results

Thirty-two athletes were categorized as BPD (10%). The gender difference was 5% (m/f: 12%/7%) but did not show statistical significance (p = 0.15). The incidence of BP ranged between 6 and 15% for the different sport categories. Game sports (15%) showed the highest, and explosive strength sports (6%) the lowest incidence. Anthropometrics or training characteristics did not significantly influence BPD (p = 0.14 gender to p = 0.90 sports; r2 = 0.0825).

Conclusions

BP incidence was lower in adolescent athletes compared to young non-athletes and even to the general adult population. Consequently, it can be concluded that high-performance sports do not lead to an additional increase in back pain incidence during early adolescence. Nevertheless, back pain prevention programs should be implemented into daily training routines for sport categories identified as showing high incidence rates.
KW  - Pain occurrence
KW  - Young athletes
KW  - Injury
KW  - Training volume
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-016-0064-7
SN  - 2052-1847
VL  - 8
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  -