title: [The results of overloading of the lower extremity during sports (author's transl)].
abstract: Nowadays an increasing number of persons have to interrupt their training in competitive or recreational sports because of injuries resulting from overloading of the musculoskeletal system. At least 60% of all athletes who consult a department of traumatology do so because of recurrent micro-trauma. Sixty to eighty percent of all sports injuries and sequelae of overloading are located in the lower limb. The typical results of overloading of the musculoskeletal system during sports are: Inflammation of tendinous insertions, myopathies, peritendinitis, stress fracture, destruction of hyaline cartilage. The commonest of these are insertion tendinitis and destruction of cartilage. This reflects the disproportion between the ultimate strength of the connective tissues, which varies between individuals, and the loads actually imposed during physical training. In the last 7 years (1971-77) we have operated on 1278 knee joints, 63% of which had suffered damage to the cartilage. The etiology, prophylaxis, and medical and surgical treatment of chondropathies are therefore discussed in detail. Careful coordination of the various rehabilitation measures is especially important if a satisfactory therapeutic result is to be achieved.
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013585:Synovitis / Q000209:etiology; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Die Folgen der sportlichen Fehlbelastung an der unteren Extremität.