Tendinopathy in Athletes

Professor Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, is the Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering and the Director of the Musculoskeletal Research Centre (MSRC). This is a diverse multidisciplinary research and educational center in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh where over 450 orthopaedic surgeons, bioengineering students and staff have studied and worked. He arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 1990 after spending 20 years at the University of California in San Diego as a Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering. Dr. Woo has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, The National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica. In 1998, he was the winner of the IOC Olympic Prize for Sports Medicine and the first Olympic Gold Medal in Nagano, Japan Professor Per A.F.H. Renstrom is a professor in sports medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden Professor Steven P. Arnoczky, DVM, is the Director, of the Laboratory for Comparative Orthopaedic Research at Michigan State University and has been working in the area of musculoskeletal research for over 30 years. His basic science research in the area of musculoskeletal tissue injury and repair has resulted in numerous clinical advances in the field of orthopaedic sports medicine. His current research interests involve the role of mechanical signalling in the etiopathogenesis of tendinopathy

1 Tendinopathy: A Major Medical Problem in Sport. Per A.F.H. Renstrom and Savio L-Y. Woo. 2 Etiology of Tendinopathy. Jill L. Cook and Karim M. Khan. 3 The Molecular Biology of Tendinopathy: Signaling and Response Pathways in Tenocytes. Albert J. Banes, Mari Tsuzaki, Michelle Wall, Jie Qi, Xi Yang, Donald Bynum, Spero Karas, David A. Hart, Allison Nation, Ann Marie Fox, and Louis C. Almekinders. 4 The Response of Tendon Cells to Changing Loads: Implications in the Etiopathogenesis of Tendinopathy. Steven P. Arnoczky, Michael Lavagnino, and Monika Egerbacher. 5 How Alive are Tendons? Metabolic and Circulatory Activity Associated with Exercise in Humans. Michael Kjar, Henning Langberg, Robert Boushel, Satu Koskinen, Benjamin Miller, Katja Heinemeier, Jens L. Olesen, Mette Hansen, Philip Hansen, and S. Peter Magnusson. 6 Human Tendon Overuse Pathology: Histopathologic and Biochemical Findings. Alexander Scott, Karim M. Khan, Jill L. Cook, and Vincent Duronio. 7 Mechanobiologic Studies of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Tendinopathy. James H-C. Wang, Savio L-Y. Woo, Wei-Hsiu Hsu, and David A. Stone. 8 In Vivo Function of Human Achilles and Patella Tendons During Normal Locomotion. Paavo V. Komi and Masaki Ishikawa. 9 Tendon Innervation: Understanding of Pathology and Potential Implications for Treatment. Paul W. Ackermann, Johan Dahl, Daniel K-I. Bring, and Per A.F.H. Renstrom. 10 A Neuropathic Model to the Etiology and Management of Achilles Tendinopathy. Nick Webborn. 11 An Integrative Therapeutic Approach to Tendinopathy: Biomechanic and Biological Considerations. Louis C. Almekinders and Albert J. Banes. 12 The Chronic Painful Achilles Tendon: Basic Biology and Treatment-Results of the New Methods of Eccentric Training and Sclerosing Therapy. Hakan Alfredson. 13 Hindfoot Tendinopathies in Athletes. Francesco Benazzo, Mario Mosconi, Alberto Pio, and Franco Combi. 14 Alternative Approaches in the Management of Tendinopathies-Traditional Chinese Medicine: From Basic Science to Clinical Perspective. Kai-Ming Chan. 15 Surgery for Chronic Overuse Tendon Problems in Athletes. Deiary Kader and Nicola Maffulli. Index