Maturation of the proximal patellar tendon structure in the adolescent athlete: a longitudinal study
Proximal patellar tendon structure undergoes echotype changes during adolescence, which was linearly associated with maturity offset and not chronological age. Areas of disorganised patellar tendon structure in adolescents at baseline appeared unchanged despite continued exposure to high loads. Skeletal maturation appears a critical period in the development of a normal and abnormal, proximal patellar tendon attachment having implications for patellar tendinopathy prevention.
Authors
- Madeline Hannington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1305-1363)
- Ebonie Rio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6854-929X)
- Meaghan Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-9665)
- Christian Bonello
- Jill Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-1041)
- Suzi Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5790-0232)
- Sean Docking (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7051-7548)
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of science and medicine in sport
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.11.015
- Primary Topic
- Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00