Prolonged progressive calcaneal bone loss despite early weightbearing rehabilitation in patients surgically treated for Achilles tendinosis

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-171

  Alfredson, H ^a   Nordstrom P ^a   Lorentzon, R ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Bone mass; Calcaneus; Immobilization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; TENDON DISEASE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; TENDINOPATHY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031951753     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900411     Document Type: Article

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