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  1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

    Nicola Maffulli MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth) (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

  2. Section of Sports Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Per Renström MD, PhD (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

  3. F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Wayne B. Leadbetter MD (Adjunct Professor) (Adjunct Professor)

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Kader, D., Maffulli, N., Leadbetter, W.B., Renström, P. (2005). Achilles Tendinopathy. In: Maffulli, N., Renström, P., Leadbetter, W.B. (eds) Tendon Injuries. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-050-8_21

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