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Does the adolescent patellar tendon respond to 5 days of cumulative load during a volleyball tournament?

Authors Van Ark M, Docking SI, van den Akker-Scheek I, Rudavsky A, Rio E, Zwerver J, Cook JL Publisher Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Feb 18. doi; 10.1111/sms. 12426. Publishing details PMID: 25684241 Abstract Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee) has a high prevalence in jumping athletes. Excessive load on the patellar tendon through high volumes…

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Achilles tendinopathy – do plantaris tendon removal and Achilles tendon scraping improve tendon structure? A prospective study using ultrasound tissue characterisation

Authors Masci L, Spang C, van Schie HT, Alfredson H Publisher BMJ Open Sp Ex Med 2015;1:e000005 doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2015-000005 Publishing details PMID: 27900118 Download here PDF Abstract Objectives: The plantaris tendon has recently been described as a possible important factor in midportion Achilles tendinopathy. Ultrasound tissue characterisation (UTC) is a method to study tendon structure (matrix…

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