Tendons that are stiffer can transmit force from muscles to bones more effectively—improving how efficiently we move. It might help to imagine the spring within a pogo stick.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Tendons are the small but tough linkers between bones and muscle. When they are injured, repairing a tendon is no small task. Alayna Loiselle, an ...

It usually occurs when a person overuses or injures a tendon during physical activity. Tendons are cable-like tissues that connect muscles to bones. Although one of their functions is to take some ...

Overuse tendinopathy is problematic to manage clinically. People of different ages with tendons under diverse loads present with varying degrees of pain, irritability, and capacity to function.

keele.ac.uk Tendon disorders are a major problem in sports and occupational medicine. Tendons have the highest tensile strength of all connective tissue because of a high proportion of collagen in the ...

The sudden force stretches and tears the muscles and tendons in your neck. Neck strain afflicts many amateur and professional athletes. People who play contact sports like football are especially ...

New research from ECR 2025 shows promise in using dynamic ultrasound to diagnose peroneal tendon instability. Read more!

Tendons are tough, inelastic bands of connective tissue formed of a dense, highly organized matrix of parallel collagen fibres that is maintained by resident tenocytes. Tendons attach skeletal ...