The Effect of Chronic Dental Lesions on Muscle Strength in Athletes

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 109 - 113, 31.08.2021

Tuğba Kocahan , Osman Hamamcılar , Aydin Balcı , Bihter Akınoğlu , Hürriyet Nevres Aydoğan , Adnan Hasanoğlu

Abstract

It has been reported that chronic dental lesions such as dental caries, tooth erosions, periodontal diseases, occlusion disorders, temporomandibular joint disorders, and orofacial injuries are common in athletes and this situation negatively affects both general health and sports performance. Our study aims to compare the isokinetic muscle strength of the knee joint in athletes with and without periapical lesions which are chronic dental lesions in the mouth. 32 athletes with periapical lesions (n=16; study group), same gender, similar demographic characteristics, and no periapical lesions(n=16; control group) were included in the study. All athletes were examined by the same dentist using a disposable examination set and evaluated with panoramic radiography. Athletes with periapical lesions after examination and radiological evaluation as the study group; athletes without periapical lesions were determined as the control group. Then, the muscle strength of the knee joint flexor and extensor muscles of the athletes was evaluated concentrically with the IsoMed 2000 isokinetic dynamometer. Isokinetic muscle strength comparisons of the study and control groups were analyzed according to the distribution status by Independent Samples T-test, Mann Whitney-U test. The level of significance was taken as p<0.05. Concentric isokinetic muscle strengths of knee joint flexor and extensor muscles were found to be similar at 60º/sec and 180º/sec angular velocities of study and control group athletes(p>0.05). We can say that the concentric isokinetic muscle strength of the knee joint of athletes with periapical lesions in the mouth and without periapical lesions was not affected negatively.

Keywords

Tooth, Isokinetic, Performance, Periapical lesions, Sports

Sporcularda Kronik Dental Lezyonların Kas Kuvvetine Etkisi

Abstract

Sporcularda diş çürükleri, diş erozyonları, periodontal hastalıklar, oklüzyon bozuklukları, temporomandibular eklem bozuklukları ve orofasial yaralanmalar gibi kronik dental lezyonların yaygın görüldüğü ve bu durumun hem genel sağlığı hem de spor performansını olumsuz etkilediği bildirilmektedir. Çalışmamızın amacı ağız içinde kronik dental lezyonlardan periapikal lezyonu olan ve olmayan sporcularda diz eklemi izokinetik kas kuvvetini karşılaştırmaktır. Çalışmaya periapikal lezyonu olan (n=16; çalışma grubu) ve aynı spor branşında, aynı cinsiyette ve benzer demografik özelliklere sahip ve periapikal lezyonu olmayan (n=16; kontrol grubu) toplam 32 sporcu dâhil edildi. Tüm sporcular aynı diş hekimi tarafından tek kullanımlık muayene seti ile muayene edildi ve panoramik radyografi ile değerlendirildi. Muayene ve radyolojik değerlendirme sonrası periapikal lezyonu olan sporcular çalışma grubu olarak; periapikal lezyonu olmayan sporcular kontrol grubu olarak belirlendi. Daha sonra sporcuların diz eklemi fleksör ve ekstansör kaslarının kas kuvveti IsoMed 2000 izokinetik dinamometre ile konsantrik olarak değerlendirildi. Çalışmada ve kontrol grubunun izokinetik kas kuvveti karşılaştırmaları dağılım durumuna göre Independent Samples T test ve Mann Whitney-U testi ile analiz edildi. Anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak alındı. Çalışma ve kontrol grubu sporcularının 60º/sn ve 180º/sn açısal hızlarda diz eklemi fleksör ve ekstansör kaslarının konsantrik izokinetik kas kuvvetinin benzer olduğu belirlendi (p>0.05). Ağız içinde periapikal lezyonu olan ve olmayan sporcuların diz eklemi konsantrik izokinetik kas kuvvetinin olumsuz etkilenmediğini söyleyebiliriz.

Keywords

Diş, İzokinetik, Performans, Periapikal Lezyonlar, Spor

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