Patellar tendinopathy in junior basketball players: A controlled clinical and ultrasonographic study of 268 patellar tendons in players aged 14-18 years

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 216-220

  Cook, Jill L ^a   Khan, K M ^b   Kiss, Z S ^d   Griffiths, L ^c  

^a Victorian Institute of Sport   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Basketball; Patellar tendinitis; Patellar tendon; Tendinopathy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATELLA; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PATELLA; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING; TENDONS;

EID: 0034243144     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2000.010004216.x     Document Type: Article

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