{
  "abstract": "Patellar tendinopathy interventions have primarily focused on adult athletes with equivocal success,1 rather than targeting potential prevention strategy(s) during the adolescent growth spurt; a period where the tendon is more susceptible to patellar tendon structural changes. This editorial focuses on the adolescent athlete and how diagnostic imaging using ultrasound tissue characterisation (UTC) can be used to understand patellar tendon structural changes.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia",
        "School of Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Suzi Edwards"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Environmental & Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Meaghan Harris"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Sean Docking"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Jill L Cook"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Australian Ballet, Southbank, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Ebonie Kendra Rio"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Adolescence is a critical time for patellar tendon development: it is time to rethink our current approach to patellar tendinopathy",
  "uid": "dc48de36-e636-58bf-8d59-06bc2fb0cd96"
}