Abstract
Excerpt: The supraspinatus tendon increases in size to meet the demands of the training and repetitive biomechanics of the sport, as there are different biomechanical aspects of the sport that place varying tensile forces in varying planes on the muscles involved in producing the desired movement. Likewise, these differences in loading forces may express an angiofibroblastic response in a tendon, where many blood vessels are present because of pathological stresses and matrix disorganization. This pilot study aimed to investigate the differences in supraspinatus tendon characteristics and subacromial space among 15 female D1 collegiate swimmers of the same team with different stroke types.