Tendons can heal by two mechanisms: intrinsic or extrinsic. [1] Intrinsic healing is mediated by the epitenon with cell migration into the depths of the repair site. Extrinsic healing is dependent ...

Recovery is similarly variable; some tendons recover with simple interventions ... it is almost certainly modulated by an interaction between intrinsic factors such as genes, age, circulating and ...

Objective: Patellar tendinopathy has been reported to be associated with many intrinsic risk factors ... of elite junior basketball players with normal or abnormal patellar tendons to see if any ...