Tendinopathy in athletes
By: edited by Savio L-Y. Woo, Per A.F.H. Renström, and Steven P. Arnoczky.
Contributors: Woo, Savio L-Y.; Renström, Per.; Arnoczky, Steven P.; IOC Medical Commission.; International Federation of Sports Medicine.
Series: Encyclopaedia of sports medicine -- v. 12
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781405156707
Subjects: Tendons -- Wounds and injuries.; Sports injuries.; Tendinopathy.; Athletic Injuries.
Notes: "An IOC Medical Commission publication in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tendinopathy: a major medical problem in sport / Per A.F.H. Renström and Savio L-Y. Woo; title: Etiology of tendinopathy / Jill L. Cook and Karim M. Khan; title: The molecular biology of tendinopathy: signaling and response pathways in tenocytes / Albert J. Banes ... [et al.]; title: The response of tendon cells to changing loads: implications in the etiopathogenesis of tendinopathy / Steven P. Arnoczky, Michael Lavagnino, and Monika Egerbacher; title: How alive are tendons? metabolic and circulatory activity associated with exercise in humans / Michael Kjær ... [et al.]; title: Human tendon overuse pathology: histopathological and biochemical findings / Alexander Scott ... [et al.]; title: Mechanobiologic studies of cellular and molecular mechanisms of tendinopathy / James H-C. Wang ... [et al.]; title: In vivo function of human Achilles and patella tendons during normal locomotion / Paavo V. Komi and Masaki Ishikawa; title: Tendon innervation: understanding of pathology and potential implications for treatment / Paul W. Ackermann ... [et al.]; title: A neuropathic model to the etiology and management of Achilles tendinopathy / Nick Webborn; title: An integrative therapeutic approach to tendinopathy: biomechanic and biological considerations / Louis C. Almekinders and Albert J. Banes; title: The chronic painful Achilles tendon: basic biology and treatment- results of the new methods of eccentric training and sclerosing therapy / Håkan Alfredson; title: Hindfoot tendinopathies in athletes / Francesco Benazzo ... [et al.]; title: Alternative approaches in the management of tendinopathies- traditional Chinese medicine: from basic science to clinical perspective / Kai-Ming Chan; title: Surgery for chronic overuse tendon problems in athletes / Deiary Kader and Nicola Maffulli.