R.A. YAKUPOV¹, E.R. BURGANOV², A.A. YAKUPOVA³

¹Volga Region State Academy of Physical Training, Sport and Tourism, 35 Derevnya Universiady, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420010

²Kazan State Medical Academy — Branch Campus of the FSBEI FPE RMACPE MOH Russia, 36 Butlerov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

³Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

 Yakupov R.A. ― D. Sc. (medicine), Director of the Educational and Scientific Center for Sports Reserve Training Technologies, tel. (843) 294-90-53, e-mail: r.a.yakupov@gmail.com, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1579-5729

Burganov E.R. ― Chief Doctor of the Polyclinic, tel. (843) 273-46-58, e-mail: kdc.giduv@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7775-8440

Yakupova A.A. ― D. Sc. (medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, tel. (843) 236-08-21, e-mail: aidayakupova@yandex.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5283-8820

The objective was to study the dynamics of the clinical characteristics of myofascial disorders in high-class athletes and to develop methods for their non-drug treatment during the sports season.

Material and methods. 93 athletes (45 women and 48 men) (mean age 22.1±1.1 years) representing track-and-field athletics, ski race, swimming, rowing, various types of martial arts, fencing, and badminton were examined. All subjects were divided into 2 groups: main (49 people) and control (44 people). The dynamics of myofascial disorders in skeletal muscles due to current sports activity was observed in athletes during a one-year training cycle. In the main group, regular correction of myofascial disorders was carried out using the methods of manual therapy and acupuncture. In the control group, special correction methods were not used.

Results. According to the monitoring results it was established that during the one-year training cycle myofascial disorders in skeletal muscles progressed steadily and at a significant level of their development adversely affected the athlete’s functional ability.

Conclusion. Regular correction of myofascial disorders with the methods of manual therapy and acupuncture allows maintaining the optimal readiness of the athlete’s physiological systems during the entire one-year training cycle.

Key words: myofascial disorders, medical and biological provision of sports, manual therapy, acupuncture.

(For citation: Yakupov R.A., Burganov E.R., Yakupova A.A. Clinical monitoring and correction of myofascial disorders in athletes. Practical Medicine. 2018)

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