Advanced search
Publication Cover
Disability and Rehabilitation Volume 30, 2008 - Issue 20-22: Advances in Tendinopathy
Submit an article Journal homepage
491
Views
25
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Papers

Surgical management of tendinopathy of biceps femoris tendon in athletes

Umile Giuseppe Longo Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
,
Giorgio Garau Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
,
Vincenzo Denaro Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
&
Nicola Maffulli Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Keele University School of Medicine, Stoke on Trent, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1602-1607 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

References

  • Sharma P, Maffulli N. Biology of tendon injury: Healing, modeling and remodeling. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 2006; 6: 181–190
  • Vora A M, Myerson M S, Oliva F, Maffulli N. Tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon. Foot Ankle Clin 2005; 10: 293–308
  • Magra M, Maffulli N. Molecular events in tendinopathy: A role for metalloproteases. Foot Ankle Clin 2005; 10: 267–277
  • Jarvinen T A, Kannus P, Maffulli N, Khan K M. Achilles tendon disorders: Etiology and epidemiology. Foot Ankle Clin 2005; 10: 255–266
  • Bagnaninchi P O, Yang Y, El Haj A J, Maffulli N. Tissue engineering for tendon repair. Br J Sports Med 2006; 41: e10
  • Woods C, Hawkins R D, Maltby S, Hulse M, Thomas A, Hodson A. The Football Association Medical Research Programme: An audit of injuries in professional football – analysis of hamstring injuries. Br J Sports Med 2004; 38: 36–41
  • Bencardino J T, Rosenberg Z S, Brown R R, Hassankhani A, Lustrin E S, Beltran J. Traumatic musculotendinous injuries of the knee: Diagnosis with MR imaging. Radiographics 2000; 20(Spec No)S103–120
  • Lempainen L, Sarimo J, Mattila K, Heikkila J, Orava S, Puddu G. Distal tears of the hamstring muscles: Review of the literature and our results of surgical treatment. Br J Sports Med 2007; 41: 80–83, discussion 83
  • McGoldrick F, Colville J. Spontaneous rupture of the biceps femoris. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 1990; 109: 234
  • Kujala U M, Orava S, Jarvinen M. Hamstring injuries. Current trends in treatment and prevention. Sports Med 1997; 23: 397–404
  • Li R C, Maffulli N, Hsu Y C, Chan K M. Isokinetic strength of the quadriceps and hamstrings and functional ability of anterior cruciate deficient knees in recreational athletes. Br J Sports Med 1996; 30: 161–164
  • Fortems Y, Victor J, Dauwe D, Fabry G. Isolated complete rupture of biceps femoris tendon. Injury 1995; 26: 275–276
  • Terry G C, LaPrade R F. The biceps femoris muscle complex at the knee. Its anatomy and injury patterns associated with acute anterolateral-anteromedial rotatory instability. Am J Sports Med 1996; 24: 2–8
  • Magra M, Maffulli N. Matrix metalloproteases: A role in overuse tendinopathies. Br J Sports Med 2005; 39: 789–791
  • Sharma P, Maffulli N. Basic biology of tendon injury and healing. Surgeon 2005; 3: 309–316
  • Lempainen L, Sarimo J, Heikkila J, Mattila K, Orava S. Surgical treatment of partial tears of the proximal origin of the hamstring muscles. Br J Sports Med 2006; 40: 688–691
  • David A, Buchholz J, Muhr G. Tear of the biceps femoris tendon. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 1994; 113: 351–352

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.