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Muscle-Tendon Junction Injury

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Muscle strain injury is one of the most frequently occurring and debilitating injuries in sport and recreation. Both partial and full muscle strain injuries result in significant short-term and long-term consequences. These consequences include time lost from work at significant compensation costs and inability to regain pre-injury levels of performance. Despite having knowledge of the consequences, the understanding of muscle and tendon injuries is still vastly unknown. The exact anatomical location of damage within the muscle-tendon junction and the predisposing factors for damage in normal, healthy muscle are still unanswered questions surrounding muscle strain injury. Our understanding of muscle and tendon injuries has expanded considerably in the last 30 years. Much more is known about the pathophysiology of injury in animal model and in clinical practice. However, much remains to be determined about prevention and treatment.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    William E. Garrett Jr M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory (K-Lab), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Mallory S. Faherty M.S., A.T.C.

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  1. Koelliker Hospital, Centre of Sports Traumatology, Torino, Italy

    Gian Luigi Canata

  2. Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Hospital Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar

    Pieter d'Hooghe

  3. Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Kenneth J. Hunt

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Garrett, W.E., Faherty, M.S. (2017). Muscle-Tendon Junction Injury. In: Canata, G., d'Hooghe, P., Hunt, K. (eds) Muscle and Tendon Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_5

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