EHS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tendinosis, Collagen

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18 Jun 2018

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Adaptation

Slow

Increase in cross sectional size

Improvement in material property

Healing time: 1 year

Chronic injury: tendinitis-acute

Tendinosis- chronic

Eccentric overload

Tendon: a tough fibrous connective tissue that usually conects muscle to bone and is capable of

withstanding tension. Tendons and muscles work together to move bones

Collagen arranged in wavy parallel arrays

Incredibly strong

Dynamic stability

Classification of overuse injuries

Grade 1: pain after activity only

Grade 2: pain with activity, does not restrict but may affect performance

Grade 3: pain with activity that restricts and moderately to severely affect s performance

Grade 4: pain with activity and rest

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