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Overview

Nicola Maffulli is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research output spans a wide range of topics primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The main topics of Nicola Maffulli's work include:

  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery

The scientist has contributed extensively to the subfields of Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rheumatology, Biomedical Engineering, and Epidemiology.

Nicola Maffulli has published research in several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • British Medical Bulletin
  • The Surgeon
  • Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
  • Scientific Reports

Some recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Therapeutic potential of microRNA in tendon injuries" (2020), published in British Medical Bulletin
  • "Small interfering RNAs in tendon homeostasis" (2021), published in British Medical Bulletin
  • "Small interfering RNAs in the management of human rheumatoid arthritis" (2022), published in British Medical Bulletin
  • "Fragility Fractures: Risk Factors and Management in the Elderly" (2021), published in Medicina
  • "Musculoskeletal symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) patients" (2020), published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, among whom are:

  • Filippo Migliorini
  • Francesco Oliva
  • Jörg Eschweiler
  • Markus Tingart
  • Frank Hildebrand

Best Publications

  • Tendon injury and tendinopathy: healing and repair.

    Pankaj Sharma;Nicola Maffulli

  • Creatine kinase monitoring in sport medicine

    Paola Brancaccio;Nicola Maffulli;Francesco Mario Limongelli

  • Bone regenerative medicine: classic options, novel strategies, and future directions

    Ahmad Oryan;Soodeh Alidadi;Ali Moshiri;Ali Moshiri;Nicola Maffulli;Nicola Maffulli

  • Isokinetic Strength and Anaerobic Power of Elite, Subelite and Amateur French Soccer Players

    G Cometti;Na Maffiuletti;M Pousson;Jc Chatard

  • Studies of surgical outcome after patellar tendinopathy: clinical significance of methodological deficiencies and guidelines for future studies. Victorian Institute of Sport Tendon Study Group.

    Bd Coleman;Km Khan;Km Khan;Nicola Maffulli;Jl Cook

  • Biology of tendon injury: healing, modeling and remodeling

    P Sharma;N Maffulli

  • Biochemical markers of muscular damage.

    Paola Brancaccio;Giuseppe Lippi;Nicola Maffulli

  • Overuse tendon conditions : Time to change a confusing terminology

    N Maffulli

  • Sarcopenia: characteristics, mechanisms and functional significance

    Marco V. Narici;Nicola Maffulli

  • The VISA-A questionnaire: a valid and reliable index of the clinical severity of Achilles tendinopathy

    J. Robinson;Jill Cook;Craig Purdam;P. Visentini

  • Types and epidemiology of tendinopathy.

    Nicola Maffulli;Jason Wong;Louis C Almekinders

  • Achilles tendon disorders: etiology and epidemiology.

    Tero A.H. Järvinen;Tero A.H. Järvinen;Pekka Kannus;Nicola Maffulli;Karim M. Khan

  • Rupture of the Achilles Tendon

    Nicola Maffulli

  • Time to abandon the “tendinitis” myth

    K M Khan;J L Cook;P Kannus;N Maffulli

  • Platelet-Rich Plasma Augmentation for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Roberto Castricini;Umile Giuseppe Longo;Massimo De Benedetto;Nicola Panfoli

  • Patellar tendinopathy: some aspects of basic science and clinical management.

    D Kader;A Saxena;T Movin;Nicola Maffulli

  • Achilles tendinopathy: aetiology and management

    Nicola Maffulli;Pankaj Sharma;Karen L Luscombe

  • How Successful are Current Ankle Replacements?: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Nikolaos Gougoulias;Anil Khanna;Nicola Maffulli

  • Equivalent clinical results of arthroscopic single-row and double-row suture anchor repair for rotator cuff tears: a randomized controlled trial.

    Francesco Franceschi;Laura Ruzzini;Umile Giuseppe Longo;Francesca Maria Martina

  • Management of Tendinopathy

    Jonathan Rees;Nicola Maffulli;Jillianne Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincenzo Denaro
Vincenzo Denaro Università Campus Bio-Medico
Umile Giuseppe Longo
Umile Giuseppe Longo Università Campus Bio-Medico
Ernesto Reverchon
Ernesto Reverchon University of Salerno
Giuseppe Lippi
Giuseppe Lippi University of Verona
Karim M. Khan
Karim M. Khan University of British Columbia
Jill Cook
Jill Cook La Trobe University
Marco V. Narici
Marco V. Narici University of Padua
Jon Karlsson
Jon Karlsson University of Gothenburg
Constantinos N. Maganaris
Constantinos N. Maganaris Liverpool John Moores University
Lars Engebretsen
Lars Engebretsen Oslo University Hospital

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