1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213962803316

Titolo

Tendinopathy in athletes [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Savio L-Y. Woo, Per A.F.H. Renström, and Steven P. Arnoczky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-281-32121-4

9786611321215

0-470-75798-1

0-470-75797-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Encyclopaedia of sports medicine ; ; v. 12

Classificazione

44.70

44.83

Altri autori (Persone)

WooSavio L-Y

RenströmPer

ArnoczkySteven P

Disciplina

617.4/74044

Soggetti

Tendons - Wounds and injuries

Sports injuries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An IOC Medical Commission publication in collaboration with the International Federation of Sports Medicine."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tendinopathy: a major medical problem in sport / Per A.F.H. Renström and Savio L-Y. Woo -- Etiology of tendinopathy / Jill L. Cook and Karim M. Khan -- The molecular biology of tendinopathy: signaling and response pathways in tenocytes / Albert J. Banes ... [et al.] -- The response of tendon cells to changing loads: implications in the etiopathogenesis of tendinopathy / Steven P. Arnoczky, Michael Lavagnino, and Monika Egerbacher -- How alive are tendons? metabolic and circulatory activity associated with exercise in humans / Michael Kjær ... [et al.] -- Human tendon overuse pathology: histopathological and biochemical findings / Alexander Scott ... [et al.] -- Mechanobiologic studies of cellular and molecular mechanisms of tendinopathy / James H-C. Wang ... [et al.] -- In vivo function of human Achilles and patella tendons during normal locomotion / Paavo V. Komi and Masaki Ishikawa -- Tendon innervation: understanding of pathology and potential implications for treatment / Paul W.



Ackermann ... [et al.] -- A neuropathic model to the etiology and management of Achilles tendinopathy / Nick Webborn -- An integrative therapeutic approach to tendinopathy: biomechanic and biological considerations / Louis C. Almekinders and Albert J. Banes -- The chronic painful Achilles tendon: basic biology and treatment- results of the new methods of eccentric training and sclerosing therapy / Håkan Alfredson -- Hindfoot tendinopathies in athletes / Francesco Benazzo ... [et al.] -- Alternative approaches in the management of tendinopathies- traditional Chinese medicine: from basic science to clinical perspective / Kai-Ming Chan -- Surgery for chronic overuse tendon problems in athletes / Deiary Kader and Nicola Maffulli.

Sommario/riassunto

This concise volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine series, published under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, provides a dependable source of current knowledge available on tendinopathy and covers both the basic science and clinical aspects of the subject.  Despite its high incidence, the precise etiopathogenesis and effective treatment of tendinopathy remain elusive. Tendinopathy in Athletes draws on the expertise of an international and prolific collection of contributors, both clinicians and scientists, who provide new insights into this specia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965486403321

Autore

El-Enany Rasheed <1949->

Titolo

Naguib Mahfouz : the pursuit of meaning / / Rasheed El-Enany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-90583-1

1-138-14083-X

1-134-90584-X

0-203-41680-5

1-280-02085-7

0-415-24612-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Arabic thought and culture

Disciplina

892.735

Soggetti

Egyptian literature - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; THE WRITER AND HIS WORLD; LOOKING BACKWARD TO THE PRESENT: THE HISTORICAL NOVELS; PAINS OF REBIRTH: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT; TIME AND THE MAN: FOUR EGYPTIAN SAGAS; THE ABORTED DREAM: ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN; FRAGMENTS OF TIME: THE EPISODIC NOVELS; MATTERS OF FORM: A CASE STUDY OF RESPECTED SIR; IMAGES OF GOD, DEATH AND SOCIETY: THE SHORT STORIES AND THE PLAYS; Notes; The works of Naguib Mahfouz; A guide for further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Included is a full biography and systematic analysis of the writer's works.