The Bonar score revisited: Region of evaluation significantly influences the standardized assessment of tendon degeneration

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 346-350

  Fearon, Angela ^a,b,c   Dahlstrom, Jane E ^d   Twin, Jane ^e   Cook, Jill ^f   Scott, Alex ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Capitol Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Research methods; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BONAR SCORE; CELL STRUCTURE; DEGENERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDINITIS; TENDON; VASCULARIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLAGEN; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS;

EID: 84902507371     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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