Muscle and Tendon Injuries Evaluation and Management

Muscle and Tendon Injuries Evaluation and Management / edited by Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d'Hooghe, Kenneth J. Hunt.

This book explores in a comprehensive manner the causes and symptoms of muscle and tendon pathologies, the available diagnostic procedures, and current treatment approaches. Specific aspects of the anatomy, biomechanics, and function of muscles and tendons are analyzed, and detailed guidance is prov...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Canata, Gian Luigi (Editor), d'Hooghe, Pieter (Editor), Hunt, Kenneth J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Orthopedics.
Sports medicine.
Rehabilitation.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Functional morphology of muscles and tendons
  • Biomechanics of tendons
  • Pathophysiology of Tendinopathy
  • Tendon healing
  • Musculotendinous junction injuries
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Ultrasound Imaging
  • Classification of muscular lesions
  • Prevention of musculotendinous pathologies
  • Why the tendon tears and doesn’t like to heal
  • Cellular therapy for tendon regeneration
  • PRP and tendon pathologies
  • Biomaterials for tendon regeneration
  • New Strategies for muscular repair and regeneration
  • Nonoperative treatment options for tendinopathies
  • Use of nutraceuticals for tendinopathies
  • Surgical treatment of acute and chronic muscle injuries
  • Rotator cuff tendinopathy
  • Anterior Superior Rotator cuff ruptures
  • Long head of the biceps tendinopathy
  • The subscapularis tendon
  • Epicondylitis and epitrocleitis
  • Distal biceps brachii tendon
  • Hand and wrist tendinopathies
  • Hip tendinopathies
  • Groin pain
  • Quadriceps injuries
  • Hamstring muscles injuries
  • Patellar tendon rupture
  • Patellar tendinopathy
  • Periarticular tendinopathies of the knee
  • Pitfalls and risks of tendon harvest about the knee
  • Triceps surae injuries
  • Achilles tendon rupture
  • Achilles tendinopathy
  • Tibialis anterior and Posterior tendon
  • Peroneal Tendons
  • Insertional plantar fasciitis
  • Posterior ankle impingement: can there be a tendinous entity?- Compartment Syndromes
  • Gelsolin in Tendon Lesions
  • Shock wave therapy for tendinopathies.

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