Patellar tendinosis as an adaptive process: A new hypothesis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 758-761

  Hamilton, B ^a   Purdam, C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUMPING; KNEE PAIN; KNEE TENDERNESS; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PALPATION; PATELLA TENDINOSIS; PATELLA TENDON; SPORT INJURY; TENDON DISEASE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PATELLA; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 10044248991     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.005157     Document Type: Article

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