1 However, an alternative theory of a failed healing response may be more fitting, 2 and treatment that maintains or encourages the healing response in the tendon is required. Currently, treatment ...

The knee jerk reflex can be tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. You are working the patella tendon. This is the tendon that runs down from the ...

Hypoechoic lesions observed in the proximal patellar tendon associated with the tendinosis are typically described as being a result of degenerative change or “failed healing”. We propose a new model ...

Reported to the Section for Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Hygiene of the Suffolk District Medical Society, June 9, 1885.

Are reflexes different to reactions? Yes. An example of a reflex is when someone taps the knee (patella) tendon softly with a mallet. Your knee lurches forward and your brain has no control over its ...