Differences in tendon properties in elite badminton players with or without patellar tendinopathy

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Couppe C ^a,b,c   Kongsgaard, M ^a   Aagaard, P ^f   Vinther, A ^d   Boesen, M ^e   Kjaer M ^a   Magnusson, S P ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Association of Midwives   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CSA; Tendinopathy; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RACQUET SPORT; TENDINITIS;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RACQUET SPORTS; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875631473     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12023     Document Type: Article

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