Tendon Injuries: Basic Science and Clinical Medicine

✍ Scribed by Moira O’Brien (auth.), Nicola Maffulli MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth), Per Renström MD, PhD, Wayne B. Leadbetter MD (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 345
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Tendon ailments are a significant cause of morbidity among athletes of all levels and are increasing in prevalence. Their management is often empirical, and para-scientific, only looking at the biological aspects of tendon ailments. This book conveys a comprehensive and concise body of knowledge on the management of tendon problems in sportspeople with practical details of clinical protocols.

Tendon Injuries: Basic Science and Clinical Medicine is specifically dedicated to the clinical aspects of tendinopathy and provides the required knowledge and scientific basis for the sports medicine practitioner, orthopedic specialist and student facing upper and lower limb tendon ailments in athletes. A comprehensive review of tendon disorders is given and modern criteria of management outlined to form the basis of effective clinical management of this group of patients.

✦ Table of Contents

Anatomy of Tendons....Pages 3-13
Mechanical Properties of Tendons....Pages 14-21
Growth and Development of Tendons....Pages 22-24
Aging and Degeneration of Tendons....Pages 25-31
Epidemiology of Tendon Problems in Sport....Pages 32-39
Neurogenic, Mast Cell, and Gender Variables in Tendon Biology: Potential Role in Chronic Tendinopathy....Pages 40-48
Imaging of Tendon Ailments....Pages 49-60
Injury of the Musculotendinous Junction....Pages 63-69
Insertional Tendinopathy in Sports....Pages 70-85
Tendon Avulsions in Children and Adolescents....Pages 86-89
Tendinopathy in the Workplace....Pages 90-100
Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy....Pages 101-118
Rotator Cuff Disorders....Pages 119-127
Tendinopathies Around the Elbow....Pages 128-136
Hand and Wrist Tendinopathies....Pages 137-149
Groin Tendon Injuries....Pages 150-157
Knee and Thigh Overuse Tendinopathy....Pages 158-165
Patellar Tendinopathy and Patellar Tendon Rupture....Pages 166-177
Hindfoot Tendinopathies in Athletes....Pages 178-186
Achilles Tendon Rupture....Pages 187-200
Achilles Tendinopathy....Pages 201-208
Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Tendinopathy: The Role of Nonsteroidal Drugs and Corticosteroid Injections....Pages 211-232
The Effect of Therapeutic Modalities on Tendinopathy....Pages 233-241
Rehabilitation After Tendon Injuries....Pages 242-266
Surgery for Chronic Overuse Tendon Problems in Athletes....Pages 267-276
Research Methodology and Animal Modeling in Tendinopathy....Pages 279-286
Tendon Innervation and Neuronal Response After Injury....Pages 287-297
The Use of Growth Factors in the Management of Tendinopathies....Pages 298-303
Optimization of Tendon Healing....Pages 304-306
Gene Therapy in Tendon Ailments....Pages 307-312
Tendon Regeneration Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells....Pages 313-320

✦ Subjects

Orthopedics;Sports Medicine;Traumatic Surgery;Physiotherapy;Chiropractic Medicine