Normal clinical and ultrasound findings indicate a low risk to sustain jumper's knee patellar tendinopathy: A longitudinal study on Swedish elite junior volleyball players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-258

  Gisslén, Karl ^a   Gyulai, Csaba ^b   Nordström, Peter ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Umeå ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TENDINITIS; VASCULARIZATION; VOLLEYBALL; ADULT; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SWEDEN; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 34250632344     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.029488     Document Type: Article

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