Imaging in chronic achilles tendinopathy: A comparison of ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and surgical findings in 27 histologically verified cases

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 615-620

  Åstrom, Mats ^a   Gentz, Carl Fredrik ^a   Nilsson, Paul ^a   Rausing, Alf ^a   Sjöberg, Staffan ^a   Westlin, Nils ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Magnetic resonance imaging; Partial rupture; Tendinosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TENDON DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PAIN; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0029857828     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050146     Document Type: Article

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