Patellar tendinopathy in master track and field athletes: Influence of impact profile, weight, height, age and gender

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 508-512

  Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Rittweger, Joern ^b,c   Garau, Giorgio ^d   Radonic, Biljana ^e   Gutwasser, Constanze ^e   Gilliver, Sally F ^c   Kusy, Krzysztof ^f   Zieliński, Jacek ^f   Felsenberg, Dieter ^e   Maffulli, Nicola ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Athletes; Injuries; Patellar tendon; Sports; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951558393     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1314-y     Document Type: Article

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