Achilles tendinopathy is a troublesome sports-related condition involving blood vessel ingrowth into the tendon tissue - studies on the adjacent plantaris tendon and the peritendinous connective tissue suggest that TNF-alpha can be highly involved in the vascular and tissue changes - Spang, C.; Alfredson, H.; Forsgren, S. (Proceedings of the International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support icSPORTS - Volume 1, 2013)
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