Overload and neovascularization of shoulder tendons in volleyball players

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In overhead sports like volleyball, the onset of a rotator cuff tendinopathy due to functional overload is a common observation. An angiofibroblastic etiopathogenesis has been hypothesized, whereby a greater anaerobic metabolism occu...

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Main Authors: Notarnicola Angela, Fischetti Francesco, Gallone Donato, Moretti Lorenzo, Pignataro Pasquale, Tafuri Silvio, Moretti Biagio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/397