Frieder Krause

University Cancer Center (UCT) & Krankenhaus Nordwest Frankfurt am Main

Purpose: A considerable part of patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP) suffer from a recurrence of symptoms after therapy cessation. The aim of this cohort study was to evaluate the predictive value of active and passive treatments and treatment modalities on a recurrence of low back pain after cessation of medically prescribed therapy. Meth...

Background: Motor function, such as strength asymmetries of the lower extremities and impaired dynamic stability, have a predictive value for the risk of injury. The present study aimed to reveal potential associations between injury and motor performance. Methods: Two hundred five (205) male youth elite (association) football (soccer) players (mea...

Purpose A considerable part of nonspecific low back pain patients suffer from a recurrence of symptoms after therapy cessation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of active and passive treatments and treatment modalities on a recurrence of back pain after cessation of medically prescribed therapy. Methods Patients with unspe...

Introduction: Rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is often characterized by a large discrepancy between the available scientific evidence and its implementation into practice. Purpose: We aimed to research, selectively rate, and transfer the available evidence to the return to sport (RTS) process after ACL rupture adop...

Background: Individuals afflicted with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) exhibit altered fundamentalmovement patterns. However, there is a lack of validated analysis tools. The present study aimed to elucidate themeasurement properties of a functional movement analysis (FMA) in patients with CLBP. Methods: In this validation (cross-sectiona...

Purpose: Foam Rolling (FR), aims to mimic the effects of manual therapy and tackle dysfunctions of the skeletal muscle and connective tissue. It has been shown to induce improvements in flexibility, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to further elucidate the acute, systemic and tissue-specific resp...

Introduction: The presence of structural in-series continuity between skeletal muscles has been confirmed in the trunk and lower extremity. However, it is not yet clear whether the same architecture can be found in the upper limb. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to review the available literature considering the existence of myofascial...

Background: Low back pain patients have been suggested to exhibit dysfunctional spinal movement patterns. However, there is a lack of clinically applicable but valid and reliable as-sessment tools, helping to discriminate normal and pathologically altered movement. Objective: We aimed to examine whether kinematic parameters determined with an ult...

Zusammenfassung Nach neuen Erkenntnissen der Faszienforschung sind die Muskeln des menschlichen Körpers durch kollagenes Bindegewebe miteinander verbunden. Diese Verbindung scheint mechanische Relevanz zu besitzen. Weder die morphologische Kontinuität noch der Krafttransfer lassen sich jedoch auf die Wirkung myofaszialer Ketten reduzieren. Vielmehr...

Introduction Several effects have been proclaimed for the use of elastic Kniesiotape (KT) for treatment or prevention of athletic injuries and performance enhancement. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence as well as the subjectively-perceived effects of KT. Methods An online questionnaire with open and closed questions was distribu...

Background Self-myofascial release (SMR) aims to mimic the effects of manual therapy and tackle dysfunctions of the skeletal muscle and connective tissue. It has been shown to induce improvements in flexibility, but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. In addition to neuronal mechanisms, improved flexibility may be driven by acute...

The present review aims to provide a systematic overview on tensile transmission along myofascial chains based on anatomical dissection studies and in vivo experiments. Evidence for the existence of myofascial chains is growing, and the capability of force transmission via myofascial chains has been hypothesized. However, there is still a lack of e...

Fatigue protocols have been used over the years to examine muscular exhaustion. As an alternative to approaches in laboratory settings, functional agility protocols that claim to mimic the multifaceted loads of athletic activity have been proposed. The present study aimed to examine the effects of a functional agility short-term fatigue protocol (F...

To provide evidence for the existence of six myofascial meridians proposed by Myers (1997) based on anatomical dissection studies. Relevant articles published between 1900 and December 2014 were searched in MEDLINE (Pubmed), ScienceDirect and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed human anatomical dissection studies reporting morphological continuity betwee...

Although systematic reviews are conducted in the field of anatomical research, no instruments exist for the assessment of study quality. Thus, our objective was to develop a valid tool that reliably assesses the methodological quality of observational cadaveric studies. The QUACS scale (QUality Appraisal for Cadaveric Studies) was developed using a...

There is clear evidence for the influence of systematic aerobic training on parameters of heart-rate-variability (HRV). Several studies also revealed a dose-response-relationship between physical activity (PA) and HRV in certain age- and gender-specific population-groups. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the HRV and PA-relationship in yo...

Problemstellung/Zielsetzung Die Kenntnis des Energieumsatzes von Athleten bietet interessante Möglichkeiten zur Einschätzung der Belastung und der Steuerung von Training und Ernährung. Bislang haben jedoch nur wenige Studien den Tages-Energieumsatz von Fußballern objektiv erfasst. Die vorliegende Pilotstudie vergleicht den Energieumsatz von Erstlig...

Übergeordnetes Ziel jeder bewegungstherapeutischer Intervention ist die Hinführung zu einem körperlich aktiven Lebensstil. Um die Aktivität zu erfassen, kommen in der Praxis bevorzugt standardisierte Fragebogen zum Einsatz. Aufgrund der Schwankungen des Aktivitätsverhaltens stellt sich die Frage, wie viele Messungen die körperliche Aktivität möglic...