Tendon Injuries: Basic Science and Clinical Management provides the knowledge and scientific basis for practitioners to tackle upper and lower limb tendon ailments. With an increasing problem of tendon morbidity in athletes this book outlines the necessary practical approach when undertaking complex clinical decisions.

This book 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.

Basic sciences, etiology and pathomechanics 1 Anatomy of Tendons 2 Mechanical Properties of Tendons 3 Growth and Development of Tendons 4 Aging and degeneration of tendons 5 Epidemiology of Tendon Problems in Sport 6 Neurogenic, Mast Cell and Gender Variables in Tendon Biology 7 Imaging of Tendon Injuries Anatomical sites and presentation 8 Injury of the Musculotendinous Junction 9 Insertional Tendinopathy in Sports 10 Tendon Avulsions in Children and Adolescents 11 Tendinopathy in the Workplace 12 Rotator cuff tendinopathy 13 Rotator Cuff Disorders 14 Tendinopathies Around the Elbow 15 Hand and Wrist Tendinopathies 16 Groin tendon injury 17 Knee and Thigh Overuse Tendinopathy 18 Patellar tendinopathy and patellar tendon rupture 19 Hindfoot Tendinopathies in Athletes 20 Achilles Tendon Rupture 21 Achilles Tendinopathy Management of tendon injuries 22 Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Tendinopathy 23 The Effect of Therapeutic Modalities on Tendinopathy 24 Rehabilitation after Tendon Injuries 25 Surgery for Chronic Overuse Tendon Problems in Athletes New developments 26 Research methodology and animal modeling in tendinopathy 27 Tendon Innervation and Neuronal Response After Injury 28 The use of growth factors in the management of tendinopathies 29 Optimization of tendon healing 30 Gene Therapy in Tendon Ailments 31 Tendon Regeneration Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells