Response to considerations on 'Achilles tendinopathy and patellar tendinopathy display opposite changes in elastic properties'

Autor: Brooke K. Coombes, Antoine Nordez, François Hug, Kylie Tucker, Luke J. Heales, Bill Vicenzino, Rebecca Mellor, Viana Vuvan
Přispěvatelé: Motricité, interactions, performance EA 4334 / Movement - Interactions - Performance (MIP), Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives (UFR STAPS), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes)-Le Mans Université (UM)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2018, 28 (4), pp.1471-1472. ⟨10.1111/sms.13025⟩
DOI: 10.1111/sms.13025⟩
Popis: We thank Wu (2017) and the editors for the opportunity to provide greater discussion on the association of tendon shear wave velocity (SWV) with potentially important covariates including sex and age. We would like to first clarify that we did not directly compare the Achilles and patellar tendinopathy groups. Instead, the (most) affected tendon from each tendinopathy group was compared with a matched tendon from the healthy control group. Due to the blinded nature of this study, we sought to include a broad cohort of healthy control participants and performed statistical adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and tendon thickness in all models. Although not without limitation, we consider this approach provides some meaningful information in response to the comments raised in this letter to the editor.
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