Title: Comparison between high-load versus low-load resistance training on pain and functional performance in amateur athletes with patellar tendinopathy: controlled, blinded clinical trial
Tendinopathy; Rehabilitation exercise; Musculoskeletal Pain; Muscle strength; Randomized clinical trial
The general objective of this proposal is to compare the effects of two training protocols for patellar tendinopathy in amateur jumping sports athletes: high-load resistance training (TRAC) versus low-load resistance training (TRBC). Individuals of both sexes aged between 18 and 50 years will be evaluated, randomized into two groups: TRAC and TRBC. The primary stage will be self-reported measurement by visual analogue scale. Secondary stages will be 10 Rep Max Test, Total Training Volume, Function, Global Rating of Change rating, and Symptom Severity and Disability. This study will serve as a basis for clinicians to utilize a tool to quantify tendon responsiveness to load and breakthrough series to assist in managing appropriate therapeutic load. Thus, these effect programs can corroborate the discovery regarding the response to a sufficient and safe amount of stimulus to generate positive adaptations to the tendon tissue, promoting evidence on the role of the magnitude of the load and the total volume of exercise. In this way, expanding the horizons for exercise prescription consistent with the management of patellar tendinopathy.