Muscle and Tendon Injuries: Evaluation and Management (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

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.