Prevalence of Achilles and patellar tendinopathy and their association to intratendinous changes in adolescent athletes

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. e310 - e318
• Main Authors: Cassel, M., Baur, H., Hirschmüller, A., Carlsohn, A., Fröhlich, K., Mayer, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Achilles Tendon - diagnostic imaging; Adolescent; adolescent athletes; Athletes; Child; Doppler ultrasound; Female; Humans; hyperechogenicities; hypoechogenicities; Male; Neovascularization, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging; Neovascularization, Pathologic - epidemiology; Patellar Ligament - diagnostic imaging; Prevalence; Sex Factors; sonography; tendinopathy; Tendinopathy - diagnostic imaging; Tendinopathy - epidemiology; Ultrasonography, Doppler; vascularization; Prevalence; adolescent athletes; vascularization; hyperechogenicities; hypoechogenicities; Doppler ultrasound; sonography; tendinopathy

Achilles (AT) and patellar tendons (PT) are commonly affected by tendinopathy in adult athletes but prevalence of symptoms and morphological changes in adolescents is unclear. The study aimed to determine prevalence of tendinopathy and intratendinous changes in ATs and PTs of adolescent athletes. A...