Recalcitrant patellar tendinosis in elite athletes: Surgical treatment in conjunction with aggressive postoperative rehabilitation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1141-1146

  Shelbourne, K Donald ^a,b   Henne, Timothy D ^a   Gray, Tinker ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Patellar tendinitis; Rehabilitation; Surgery; Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; RECALCITRANT PATELLA TENDINOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TENDONECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 33745543013     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505284239     Document Type: Article

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