Achilles and patellar tendinopathies in athletes: Pathogenesis and surgical treatment

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 236-240

  Benazzo, Francesco ^a,b   Stennardo, Gianluca ^a   Valli, Maurizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; patellar tendoni; surgery, operative; tendonitis

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PATHOGENESIS; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; TENDON SURGERY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPORTS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029991112     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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