The pain of tendinopathy: Physiological or pathophysiological?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-23

  Rio, Ebonie ^a   Moseley, Lorimer ^b   Purdam, Craig ^c   Samiric, Tom ^d   Kidgell, Dawson ^e   Pearce, Alan J ^e   Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^a   Cook, Jill ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Australian Dept of Health/Ageing   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

CHEMORECEPTOR; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; METABOLISM; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TENDON;

CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS;

EID: 84893201496     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0096-z     Document Type: Review

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