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Open AccessCurrent trends in tendinopathy: consensus of the ESSKA basic science committee. Part II: treatment options
The treatment of painful chronic tendinopathy is challenging. Multiple non-invasive and tendon-invasive methods are used. When traditional non-invasive treatments fail, the injections of platelet-rich plasma a...
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Open AccessCurrent trends in tendinopathy: consensus of the ESSKA basic science committee. Part I: biology, biomechanics, anatomy and an exercise-based approach
Chronic tendinopathies represent a major problem in the clinical practice of sports orthopaedic surgeons, sports doctors and other health professionals involved in the treatment of athletes and patients that p...
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Superior short-term results with eccentric calf muscle training compared to concentric training in a randomized prospective multicenter study on patients with chronic Achilles tendinosis
In a previous uncontrolled pilot study we demonstrated very good clinical results with eccentric calf muscle training on patients with painful chronic Achilles tendinosis located at the 2–6 cm level in the ten...
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Balance board training: prevention of traumatic injuries of the lower extremities in female soccer players?
This prospective randomized intervention investigated whether training on a balance board could reduce the amount of traumatic injuries of the lower extremities in female soccer players. A total of 221 female...
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Bone Mass and Muscle Strength in Young Female Soccer Players
In this cross-sectional study, bone mass and muscle strength of the thigh were investigated in 51 female soccer players, age 16.3 ± 0.3 years, who had been playing soccer for 8.1 ± 2.1 years and were at the t...
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Bone Mass in Female Cross-Country Skiers: Relationship Between Muscle Strength and Different BMD Sites
In this cross-sectional study, bone mass and muscle strength of the thigh were investigated in 16 Caucasian female cross-country skiers, age 16.2 ± 0.3 years, that had been ski-training for 6.4 ± 1.8 years (ra...
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Effect of High Impact Activity on Bone Mass and Size in Adolescent Females: A Comparative Study Between Two Different Types of Sports
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the influence of two different types of weight-bearing activity, muscle strength, and body composition on bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral c...
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Autologe Periosttransplantation zur Behandlung von Knorpeldefekten der Patella
Komplette Knorpeldefekte an der Patella sind problematische Verletzungen und führen häufig auf Grund der ausgeprägten Schmerzsymptomatik zu einer Einschränkung der Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens. Eine Therap...
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In situ microdialysis in tendon tissue: high levels of glutamate, but not prostaglandin E2 in chronic Achilles tendon pain
This investigation was to our knowledge the first to use the microdialysis technique to study concentrations of substances in a human tendon. In four patients (mean age 40.7 years) with a painful nodule in th...
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Superior results with continuous passive motion compared to active motion after periosteal transplantation A retrospective study of human patella cartilage defect treatment
Fifty-seven consecutive patients (33 men and 24 women), with a mean age of 32 years (range 16–53 years), who suffered from an isolated full-thickness cartilage defect of the patella and disabling knee pain of...
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Bone Mass in the Calcaneus after Heavy Loaded Eccentric Calf-Muscle Training in Recreational Athletes with Chronic Achilles Tendinosis
In an ongoing prospective study of 14 recreational athletes (12 males and 2 females, mean age 44.2 ± 7.1 years) with unilateral chronic Achilles tendinosis, we investigated the effect of treatment with heavy-...
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Treatment of tear of the anterior cruciate ligament combined with localised deep cartilage defects in the knee with ligament reconstruction and autologous periosteum transplantation
An acute tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is frequently associated with injuries to the joint cartilage and subchondral bone. These injuries may progress to deep cartilage defects, causing disabli...
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Treatment of deep cartilage defects of the patella with periosteal transplantation
Twenty-six consecutive patients (19 men and 7 women) with a mean age of 31.5 years (range 19–52 years) who suffered from an isolated full-thickness cartilage defect of the patella (area ranged from 0.75 to 20...
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High Thigh Muscle Strength but Not Bone Mass in Young Horseback-Riding Females
To evaluate whether the type of weight-bearing loading subjected to the skeleton during horseback-riding was associated with differences in bone mass and muscle strength of the thigh, we investigated bone mas...
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Long-term Loading and Regional Bone Mass of the Arm in Female Volleyball Players
In the present study, we compared the bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in the arms of 11 female volleyball players (mean age 22.0 ± 2.6 years) training for about 8 hours/week, and 11 ...
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Prolonged Progressive Calcaneal Bone Loss Despite Early Weightbearing Rehabilitation in Patients Surgically Treated for Achilles Tendinosis
We prospectively evaluated areal bone mineral density (BMD) of the calcaneus and calf-muscle strength (concentric and eccentric plantar flexion peak torque in Nm) in 10 recreational athletes (5 males and 5 fem...
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Bone Mass in Female Volleyball Players: A Comparison of Total and Regional Bone Mass in Female Volleyball Players and Nonactive Females
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate bone mass in female athletes participating in an impact loading sport (volleyball), and especially to investigate whether any changes in bone mass mig...
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Total and regional bone mass in female soccer players
This cross-sectional study investigated bone mass in female athletes participating in an impact-loading sport (soccer), and evaluated whether any changes in bone mass could be related to the type of weight-bea...
