Achilles Tendon Pain in Male Professional Football Players - A Prospective Five-Season Study of 88 Injuries from the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
Tendinopathy was the most frequent diagnosis both for midportion and insertional pain. Imaging was carried out for most injuries. A majority of injuries were managed non-surgically, with eccentric training and cryotherapy being the most frequently applied treatments.
Authors
- Markus Waldén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6790-4042)
- Pieter P. R. N. d’Hooghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-6305)
- Jan Ekstrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6092-266X)
- Håkan Alfredson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4109-7606)
- Håkan Bengtsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-5909)
- Mariann Gajhede Knudsen
- Martin Hägglund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-1471)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital (QA)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/oajsm.s493843
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.96