The influence of the lower patellar pole in the pathogenesis of chronic patellar tendinopathy

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-352

  Lorbach, Olaf ^a   Diamantopoulos, Andreas ^b   Kammerer, Klaus Peter ^b   Paessler, Hans H ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jumper's knee; Patellar pole; Patellar tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 41149091370     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0455-0     Document Type: Article

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