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Nicola Maffulli
Researcher at University of Salerno
Publications - 1759
Citations - 68924
Nicola Maffulli is an academic researcher from University of Salerno. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Achilles tendon. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 1570 publications receiving 59548 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicola Maffulli include University of Aberdeen & University of Sydney.
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Overuse tendon conditions : Time to change a confusing terminology
TL;DR: In overuse clinical conditions in and around tendons, frank inflammation is infrequent, and is associated mostly with tendon ruptures, and this leads athletes and coaches to underestimate the proven chronicity of the condition.
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Sarcopenia: characteristics, mechanisms and functional significance
Marco V. Narici,Nicola Maffulli +1 more
TL;DR: The causes of the greater anabolic resistance to feeding and exercise of elderly women need elucidating and the enhancement of muscle regeneration via satellite cell activation via the MAPK/notch molecular pathways seems particularly promising.
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Biochemical markers of muscular damage.
TL;DR: Total antioxidant status can be used to evaluate the level of stress in muscle by other markers, such as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, malondialdehyde, sulfhydril groups, reduced glutathione, oxidized glutathion, superoxide dismutase, catalase and others.
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The VISA-A questionnaire: a valid and reliable index of the clinical severity of Achilles tendinopathy
Jane E. Robinson,Jill Cook,Craig Purdam,Paul J. Visentini,J. Ross,Nicola Maffulli,Jack E. Taunton,Karim M. Khan +7 more
TL;DR: The VISA-A questionnaire is reliable and displayed construct validity when means were compared in patients with a range of severity of Achilles tendinopathy and control subjects and has the potential to provide utility in both the clinical setting and research.
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Rupture of the Achilles Tendon
TL;DR: In conclusion, it is felt that inspection at ten days substantially reduces the rate of late rupture, and if surgery is necessary, the ten-day delay seems to diminish the problems with wound-healing associated with acute surgery.