Fibril Morphology and Tendon Mechanical Properties in Patellar Tendinopathy

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 749-756

  Kongsgaard, Mads ^a   Qvortrup, Klaus ^a   Larsen, Jytte ^a   Aagaard, Per ^b   Doessing, Simon ^a   Hansen, Philip ^a   Kjaer, Michael ^a   Magnusson, S Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

heavy slow resistance training; patellar tendinopathy; tendon fibrils; tendon mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954729589     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509350915     Document Type: Article

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