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Insertional Tendinopathy in Sports

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  1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

    Nicola Maffulli MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth) (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

  2. Section of Sports Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Per Renström MD, PhD (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

  3. F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

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Renström, P., Hach, T. (2005). Insertional Tendinopathy in Sports. In: Maffulli, N., Renström, P., Leadbetter, W.B. (eds) Tendon Injuries. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-050-8_9

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