Osteopathic support of sportsmen during the annual training process

Introduction. A power and speed abilities are the important qualities of athletes, including racing athletes, and a slight improvement of these qualities can contribute to the achievement of sport success. This can be achieved with an effective and quick recovery of an athlete after physical exertion. In this regard the rational training and regimen, vitamins consumption according with seasonal changes, as well as using of pharmacological drugs affecting energy and plastic processes are traditionally in demand. However stricter anti-doping controls in high-performance sports have significantly limited the use of many pharmacological drugs aimed to speed up recovery of athletes. This circumstance determined the need to search for non-drug methods of effective infl uence on the highly qualified athletes′ organism for contributing to the acceleration of recovery, improving the parameters of the musculoskeletal system and neuromuscular coordination processes. The osteopathic correction of somatic dysfunctions could be such a method. In this regard, it is important to study the osteopathic status of racing athletes, identify common dysfunctions, correct them, and study the effectiveness of osteopathy to achieve optimal recovery of pilots.The goal of research — is to investigate the osteopathic status and the impact of osteopathic correction on the reaction speed of racing athletes.Materials and methods. The study involved 30 professional athletes 15–18 years old, male, participating in races in the youthful formula of the F4 NEZ Championship. The study participants were divided by simple randomization into 2 groups: the experimental (15 people) receiving osteopathic correction for 3 months during the racing season, and the control (15 people) not receiving osteopathic correction. The study was conducted for 3 months. The osteopathic status of racing athletes was assessed before and after osteopathic correction, and the changes in their reaction rate were estimated using the FITLIGHT sensorimotor simulator.Results. The somatic dysfunctions (SD) of the head region, neck region (structural and visceral component), thoracic region (structural and visceral component), lumbar region (structural component), and pelvic region (structural component) were detected in athletes-racers at the study beginning. Differences between the groups in the frequency of detected dysfunctions were statistically insignificant (p>0,05). There was a decrease in the detection of regional SD frequency in the experimental group at the study end after the performed osteopathic correction. On the contrary, the detection frequency of these dysfunctions in the control group increased at the study end. The differences between the groups in the frequency of detected regional dysfunctions became statistically significant (p<0,05). In the experimental group the athletes receiving osteopathic support during the racing season had an improved by 18,5 % (p<0,05) reaction rate at the end of the racing season, and in the control group — without osteopathic support — the improvement was 3 % (p>0,05).Conclusion. There was detected a decrease in the regional SD detection frequency of athletes-racers, and a tendency to improve their reaction speed indicators under the conditions of using osteopathic correction during the racing season of youth formula 4 athletes.

Influence of osteopathic correction on sports achievements of racing athletes

Азаренкова¹,

Safin

2020

Study of polysynaptic reflex excitability and somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with myofascial pain syndrome

Safiullina¹,

Safiullina

Yakupov

2021

Introduction. Myofascial pain syndrome (MFPS) is one of the most common pathologies of the musculoskeletal system that causes chronic pain. This type of pain reaches its peak in middle-aged people; women get sick 2,5 times more often than men. The disease leads to significant disability; it is not only a medical but also a social problem. Atthe same time, a number of authors still note the low clinical efficacy of the applied therapy regimens. In this situation there is in demand the further study of the MFPS pathogenesis, in particular, the clinical and electroneurophysiological characteristics of this pathology, in order to search for new, including pathogenetically proved, treatment methods.The aim of the research was to study the relationship between the indicators of the blinking reflex and somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with active and latent forms of MFPS.Materials and methods. In order to study the neurophysiological aspects of MFPS, a comprehensive clinical and electroneurophysiological examination was carried out in 92 patients of working age, including 78 women and 14 men, whose average age was 48,1±9,3) years, suffering from MFPS of the scapular area. The patients were subdivided into subgroups depending on the prevalence and severity of pain manifestations: the first subgroup — with an active form (58 people, 63 %), the second subgroup — with a latent form of MFPS (34 people, 37 %). The control group was formed from conditionally healthy volunteers in the amount of 35 people, comparable to the main group by age and sex.Results. The comparing of the study results, taking into account polysynaptic reflex excitability and the data of somatosensory evoked potentials, revealed the significant positive correlations of the indicators. The obtained results allowed to assess the excitability of spinal cord motor neurons as well as suprasegmental structures in MFPS, involved in the implementation of pain syndrome.Conclusion. The use of clinical electroneurophysiology methods makes it possible to assess the functional state of the CNS structures involved in the analysis of nociceptive afferentation. In the active form of MFPS, an increase in the excitability of stem and thalamic structures was mainly determined, which could potentially indicate the activation of adaptive processes on the one hand, and on the other hand, the predisposition of neuronal networks to a state of arousal. In the latent form of MFPS, a multidirectional change in reflex excitability was observed.

The influence of osteopathic correction on the functional state of volleyball athletes

Alukaev,

Ahmetzianov,

Potekhina

et al. 2024

Introduction. One of the main indicators refl ecting the functional state of the athlete′s organism and limiting his professional achievements in such sports as volleyball, basketball, handball, etc., is jumping ability. Sharp accelerations and jolts of the lower limbs during jumping and landing can contribute to the formation of reversible structural and functional changes in volleyball athletes, both in the region of the lower limbs and in the overlying regions, including the pelvis. Somatic dysfunctions (SD) of the pelvic region can contribute to the formation of lower limb length disparity (LLLD) and activation of myofascial trigger points with the appearance of myofascial pain syndrome, decreased strength of the corresponding muscles, limiting the functional state of the athlete. In the conditions of toughening of anti-doping legislation, the requirements to injury prevention and improvement of functional capabilities of volleyball athletes using non-medicamentous methods of infl uence are increasing.The aim of the study: to substantiate the inclusion of osteopathic correction in the support of training and playing processes of volleyball athletes.Materials and methods. A randomised controlled prospective study involved 45 female volleyball athletes of a professional volleyball team. Inclusion criteria: age 16–25 years; high level of sportsmanship; satisfactory general health at the time of the fi rst examination and throughout the study programme. Inclusion criteria: conditions and diseases that are absolute contraindications to osteopathic correction; contraindications to functional tests; presence of anatomical LLLD. According to the inclusion and non-inclusion criteria, 32 subjects were selected and divided using the randomisation envelope method into main and control groups of 16 subjects each. At the beginning of the study, the osteopathic status, clinical parameters (severity of LLLD, pain according to verbal rating scale) and jump height were assessed. Osteopathic correction was performed only in the main group and only 1 time at the beginning of the study. In both groups, standard treatment was applied as indicated. After that, dynamic studies in both groups (1 week, 2 weeks, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months) with evaluation of osteopathic status, clinical parameters and jump height were performed.Results. No global level SD was found in the study group. Various regional level SDs were identifi ed in volleyball athletes, the most frequently identifi ed for this group were SDs of the regions pelvic somatic component (100 per 100 subjects), lumbar somatic component (94 per 100 subjects), thoracic somatic component (87 per 100), lumbar visceral component (65 per 100) and pelvic visceral component (59 per 100). Also characteristic for this group were SDs of the local level, which were chronic in nature (muscular-fascial formations and joints of the upper and lower extremities). Inclusion of osteopathic correction in athletes of the main group led to a decrease in the frequency of detection of regional and local level SD (p<0,05) compared to athletes of the control group. All clinical parameters and jump height in the main group improved signifi cantly (p<0,05) and remained at the achieved level for about 2 months.Conclusion. The obtained data demonstrate the positive infl uence of osteopathic correction on the functional state of volleyball athletes, and the most important indicator for them — jumping ability. We can recommend the use of osteopathic correction every 2 months in the accompaniment of professional athletes-volleyball players.