Background Patellar tendinopathy is the most common overuse knee injury in volleyball, with men reporting more than twice the injury prevalence than women. However, whether between-sex variations in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with eccentric exercise therapy, progressive tendon-loading exercise resulted in “superior” clinical ...

2 The Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention, Ballarat Federation University, Victoria, Australia Tendinopathy can be resistant to treatment and often recurs, implying ...

Tendons are designed to withstand considerable loads. Mechanical loading of tendon tissue results in upregulation of collagen expression and increased synthesis of collagen protein, the extent of ...

Though categorically not bad for your knees, running can be the cause of certain knee pain or injuries. One of the more common ones is patellar tendinopathy, which presents as pain just below the knee ...

In Elisa Arch's Orthotics and Prosthetics for Enhanced Mobility Lab, students are exploring novel approaches to help those with Achilles tendinopathy (AT) return to daily activity more quickly.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tendon suspension led to the highest increase in thumb carpometacarpal load tolerance during ...

A review paper by scientists at the University of Oxford discussed possible benefits of using humanoid musculoskeletal robots and soft robotic systems as bioreactor platforms in producing clinically ...

Doctors carry out tendon repair surgery to fix a tendon injury. Recovery can take up to 12 weeks. Tendons are tough, stretchy tissues that join muscles to bone. Their job is to allow the body to move ...