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Conservative Treatment Approaches of Patellar and Achilles Tendinopathies

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Formerly known as “jumper’s knee,” patellar tendinopathy gives rise to considerable functional deficit and disability in recreational as well as professional athletes. It can affect their performance, cause trouble in their sports carrier, and even can cause to end it. With the help of the diagnostic tests which are ultrasonography (USG), magnetic resonance imagining (MRI), and X-Ray, the diagnosis of tendinopathy is mainly based on the clinical examination [1].

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Bruderholz, Basel Land, Switzerland

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  2. Center of Functional and Biological Reconstruction of the Knee, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy

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  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Firatli, G., Ozdemir, Y.E., Kocaoglu, B. (2020). Conservative Treatment Approaches of Patellar and Achilles Tendinopathies. In: Hirschmann, M., Kon, E., Samuelsson, K., Denti, M., Dejour, D. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61264-4_33

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