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Document Title: Chu-EKLR-Ch24-2000.shtml
Article Title: Plyometrics in Rehabilitation
Author: Donald A. Chu, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS and Douglas J. Cordier, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS
Publication: Knee Ligament Rehabilitation, edited by Todd S. Ellenbecker.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Churchill Livingstone (Harcourt), 2000. (This book
has 51 contributing authors and 465 pages.)
Pages: 321-344
Keywords: patellofemoral pain, patellar tracking, biomechanics, foot mechanics,
orthotics, patellar taping, knee pain, shock absorption, vastus medialis
oblique/obliquus.
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Comments: This superb and richly detailed article is full of helpful suggestions for plyometric (ballistic jumping) training. The concern of fatigue vis-à-vis knee injuries is noted, as is the concern of injury if plyometrics are not correctly performed. Plyometric training is helpful both in terms of knee-injury rehabilitation and improving athletic performance. It should always be done under the direction or supervision of a knee-experienced physiotherapist or trainer. For people recovering from knee-ligament injuries and surgeries, these exercises should only be pursued with the permission of a knee-experienced orthopedist.
HISTORY
Plyometrics is the term applied to exercises that have their roots in Europe, where they were first known as jump training.1 In the early 1970s, East European athletes emerged as powers on the world track and field, gymnastics, and weightlifting scenes.1 For a few years prior to this, coaches were using eccentric forms of exercise to train these athletes. Yuri Verhoshanki, then national track coach for the jumping events, wrote about the system being employed by the Soviet Union and simply called it “jump training.”2 Soon the rest of the world was interested in the European plyometric training methods. In 1975, the term plyometrics was first coined by an American track and field coach named Fred Wilt. Based on Latin origins, plyo + metrics is interpreted to mean “measurable increases.”3 Meanwhile, researchers in Europe were attempting to discern the physiologic basis and rationale for the exercise system. Komi, Bosco, and Cavagha were researchers who came up with information leading to the theory of the “stretch shortening” cycle as an aid to performance enhancement.4-8
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