Search for dissertations about: "Karl Gisslén"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Karl Gisslén.

2. 1. The patellar tendon in junior elite volleyball players and an Olympic elite weightlifter

   Author : Karl Gisslén; Håkan Alfredson; Jon Karlsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; jumper’s knee; patellar tendinopathy; chronic pain; ultrasonography; doppler; neovascularisation; volleyball; weightlifting; Medicine; Medicin; Orthopaedics; ortopedi;

   Abstract : The principal aim of the present thesis was to prospectively follow (clinical status and ultrasound + Doppler findings) the patellar tendons in the young elite volleyball players at the Swedish National Centre for high school volleyball in Falköping. In an Olympic weightlifter with chronic painful jumper´s knee, the effects of treatment with sclerosing injections followed by early instituted very heavy weightlifting training, was also evaluated. READ MORE