Влияние хондропротективной терапии на силовые характеристики околосуставных мышц спортсменов с посттравматической хондропатией коленных суставов

Influence of therapy on chondro force characteristics periarticular muscles of athletes with posttraumatic chondropathy knee

The article presents the research results on effectiveness of cartilage protectors (chon-droitin sulfate) use in comprehensive medical rehabilitation of athletes with posttraumatic knee joint chondropathy. High efficiency of treatment combined with chondroprotective therapy was detected according to change in KOOS questionnaire parameters. We detected the decrease in strength of paraarticular muscles of the damaged knee joint based on the data of isokinetic testing compared to the contralateral extremity.