Intro -- TENDINOPATHY IN ATHLETES -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Forewords -- Preface -- 1 Tendinopathy: A Major Medical Problem in Sport -- 2 Etiology of Tendinopathy -- 3 The Molecular Biology of Tendinopathy: Signaling and Response Pathways in Tenocytes -- 4 The Response of Tendon Cells to Changing Loads: Implications in the Etiopathogenesis of Tendinopathy -- 5 How Alive are Tendons? Metabolic and Circulatory Activity Associated with Exercise in Humans -- 6 Human Tendon Overuse Pathology: Histopathologic and Biochemical Findings -- 7 Mechanobiologic Studies of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Tendinopathy -- 8 In Vivo Function of Human Achilles and Patella Tendons During Normal Locomotion -- 9 Tendon Innervation: Understanding of Pathology and Potential Implications for Treatment -- 10 A Neuropathic Model to the Etiology and Management of Achilles Tendinopathy -- 11 An Integrative Therapeutic Approach to Tendinopathy: Biomechanic and Biological Considerations -- 12 The Chronic Painful Achilles Tendon: Basic Biology and Treatment-Results of the New Methods of Eccentric Training and Sclerosing Therapy -- 13 Hindfoot Tendinopathies in Athletes -- 14 Alternative Approaches in the Management of Tendinopathies-Traditional Chinese Medicine: From Basic Science to Clinical Perspective -- 15 Surgery for Chronic Overuse Tendon Problems in Athletes -- Index.

"...Tendinopathy in athletes will help the medico-scientifi c community to better understand this problem and constitutes themost valuable reference for this medical condition for many years to come. I express my sincere appreciation for the excellent work of the coeditors and contributing authors who participated in this project" Dr Jacques Rogge President of the International Olympic Committee.

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