Tendon Injuries

Tendon ailments are a significant cause of morbidity among athletes of all levels and are increasing in prevalence. Their management is often empirical, and para-scientific, only looking at the biological aspects of tendon ailments. This book conveys a comprehensive and concise body of knowledge on the management of tendon problems in sportspeople with practical details of clinical protocols. Tendon Injuries: Basic Science and Clinical Medicine is specifically dedicated to the clinical aspects of tendinopathy and 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