Neovascularization and pain in abnormal patellar tendons of active jumping athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 296-299

  Cook, Jill L ^a   Malliaras, Peter ^a   De Luca, Jason ^b   Ptasznik, Ronald ^b   Morris, Meg E ^a   Goldie, Patricia ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b La Trobe Med Centre Medical Imaging   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Neovascularization; Pain; Patellar tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; TENDON; TENDON NEOVASCULARIZATION; TENDON PAIN; VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT ASSESSMENT SCORE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDONS;

EID: 4744370931     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200409000-00008     Document Type: Article

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