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  • noun pathology Chronic damage to a tendon at a cellular level.

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Examples

  • This separates out a layer of plasma rich platelets, with white blood cells lymphocytes which activate the platelets then injected into the area of a muscle tear, tendonitis, tendinosis, ligament sprain, or inflamed fascia.

    NY Daily News Dr. Lewis Maharam 2011

  • The treatment cuts the healing time by half or more for muscle, ligament and tendon tears, Achilles tendinosis, plantar faciitis, tendonitiis of the elbow, shoulder ailments, cartilage tears in shoulders, knees and hips, etc.

    NY Daily News Dr. Lewis Maharam 2011

  • She was diagnosed with patellar tendinosis, an overuse injury that triggers pain below the knee cap.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • So has physical therapy been tested for garden-variety sports injuries like tendinosis?

    Managed Care Matters 2010

  • That merely aggravated what was a chronic injury to Polanco's elbow, full of tendinosis and bone fragments.

    Phillies Zone Matt Gelb 2010

  • So has physical therapy been tested for garden-variety sports injuries like tendinosis?

    Managed Care Matters Joe Paduda 2010

  • The bilateral patellar tendinosis that I have will force me to be away from competition for 10 weeks.

    icSolihull 2010

  • Researchers have found an alternative, "non-surgical" method to treat chronic tendinosis

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • The bilateral patellar tendinosis that I have will force me to be away from competition for 10 weeks.

    icCoventry 2010

  • Researchers have found an alternative, "non-surgical" method to treat chronic tendinosis

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

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