This book explores in a comprehensive manner the causes and symptoms of muscle and tendon pathologies, the available diagnostic procedures, and current treatment approaches. Specific aspects of the anatomy, biomechanics, and function of muscles and tendons are analyzed, and detailed guidance is provided on the most innovative methods - both conservative and surgical - for ensuring that the athlete can make a safe and quick return to sporting activity. Optimal care of tendon and muscle injuries in sportspeople requires effective cooperation of sports scientists and medical practitioners to identify the best ways of preserving muscle and tendon structures and to develop new strategies for their rehabilitation and regeneration. Muscle and Tendon Injuries is an excellent multidisciplinary reference written by the leading experts in the field and published in collaboration with ISAKOS. It will appeal to all specialists in sports medicine and sports traumatology who are seeking a state of the art update on the management of muscle and tendon disorders.

Functional morphology of muscles and tendons

Biomechanics of tendons
Pathophysiology of Tendinopathy
Tendon healing
Musculotendinous junction injuries
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ultrasound Imaging
Classification of muscular lesions
Prevention of musculotendinous pathologies
Why the tendon tears and doesn't like to heal
Cellular therapy for tendon regeneration
PRP and tendon pathologies
Biomaterials for tendon regeneration
New Strategies for muscular repair and regeneration
Nonoperative treatment options for tendinopathies
Use of nutraceuticals for tendinopathies
Surgical treatment of acute and chronic muscle injuries
Rotator cuff tendinopathy
Anterior Superior Rotator cuff ruptures
Long head of the biceps tendinopathy
The subscapularis tendon
Epicondylitis and epitrocleitis
Distal biceps brachii tendon
Hand and wrist tendinopathies
Hip tendinopathies
Groin pain
Quadriceps injuries
Hamstring muscles injuries
Patellar tendon rupture
Patellar tendinopathy
Periarticular tendinopathies of the knee
Pitfalls and risks of tendon harvest about the knee
Triceps surae injuries
Achilles tendon rupture
Achilles tendinopathy
Tibialis anterior and Posterior tendon
Peroneal Tendons
Insertional plantar fasciitis
Posterior ankle impingement: can there be a tendinous entity?- Compartment Syndromes
Gelsolin in Tendon Lesions
Shock wave therapy for tendinopathies.