Conservative treatment of a partial Achilles tendon rupture with an intratendinous lesion

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-193

  Nicolaisen, T ^b   Skovgaard, D ^b   Kjaer M ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exercise; Inflammation; Stretching; Tendon injury

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031159256     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1997.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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