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The subcutaneous fat tissue on the appearance in the sportists lesions and its influence in the rehabilitation
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Bekim Haxhiu
- University Clinical Center of Kosova, Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Prishtina, Kosovo
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Merita Martinaj
- University Clinical Center of Kosova, Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Prishtina, Kosovo
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Shkurta Rrecaj
- University Clinical Center of Kosova, Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Prishtina, Kosovo
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Bedri Zahiti
- University Clinical Center of Kosova, Clinic of Internal Medicine, Prishtina, Kosovo
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Fitim Gashi
- University Clinical Center of Kosova, Clinic of Internal Medicine, Prishtina, Kosovo
| Published: | October 24, 2011 |
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Objective: Around 80% of the fat tissue lies under the skin (panniculus adiposus), and the other quantity lies around the other organs [1]. The Subcutaneous fat tissue also influences on the rehabilitation phase at the muscular lesion, especially at the acute phase, and the duration of Cryotherapy depends on the thickness of the fat tissue for gaining the same effect on the muscular tissue. The goal of the Project: The research of influence on the thicken fat tissue on lesions of football players and to prove if there is a difference of the Subcutaneous fat tissue on the measurements done to lesion and non-lesion subject groups, the influence on the causes of the lesions and the main causes of the lesions.
Material/Methods: On this research there are involved the players of the 12 football teams of Kosovo’s Super League during the competition season 2009/2010, for the 15 active footballers of the team who were seniors from the 20 to 38 years of age. The football players were divided into two research groups: I-Group- 145 injured and II-Group 35 non-injured.
Results: The group of the injured players has presented higher values of the subcutaneous fat tissue. The higher subcutaneous fat tissue shoes that it has influenced that the most injures occur on the muscular tissue compared with the other tissues. The higher percentages were found on the region of the knee 26.2%, ankle 22.1%and hip joint 20.0%. The results of the survey show that the injuries of the muscles are 36.6 % and articulations with 24.1%, and contusions and lodgements (tears) with 46.6%. Forces from the outside are the most indicators of the injuries with 42.1% of all the overall injuries. The most attacked region is the knee with 26.1%. There is no correlation between the age and the appearance of the injury.
Conclusion: It was found that the growth of the subcutaneous fat tissue influences on the growth of the prevalences of the injures. The thickness of the subcutaneous fat tissue influences on the duration on the application of the cryotherapy. At the same time the decrease of the subsequent fat tissue especially in the stomach will influence on the prevalence of the kind, and at the injuries shown and on the decreasing of the frequency of their occurrence.
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