Sports and exercise-related tendinopathies: A review of selected topical issues by participants of the second International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium (ISTS) Vancouver 2012

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 536-544

  Scott, Alex ^a   Docking, Sean ^b   Vicenzino, Bill ^c   Alfredson, Hakan ^d   Zwerver, Johannes ^e   Lundgreen, Kirsten ^f   Finlay, Oliver ^g   Pollock, Noel ^g   Cook, Jill L ^b   Fearon, Angela ^a   Purdam, Craig R ^h   Hoens, Alison ^a,i,j   Rees, Jonathan D ^k   Goetz, Thomas J ^a   Danielson, Patrik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g LoughboroughUniversity   (United Kingdom)

^h AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

ⁱ Health Association of British Columbia   (Canada)

^j VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^k ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; CANADA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; SPORT; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SPORTS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TENDONS;

EID: 84877698440     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092329     Document Type: Article

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