Efficacy of an inertial resistance training paradigm in the treatment of patellar tendinopathy in athletes: A case-series study

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-48

  Romero Rodriguez, D ^a   Gual, G ^a,b   Tesch, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eccentric; Inertial resistance; Patellar tendinopathy; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751581869     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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