Surgical management of tendinopathy of the main body of the patellar tendon in athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 58-62

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Binfield, Peter M ^b   Leach, William J ^c   King, John B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Jumper's knee; Patellar tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033113606     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199904000-00002     Document Type: Article

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