Safe relief of rest pain that eases with activity in achillodynia by intrabursal or peritendinous steroid injection: The rupture rate was not increased by these steroid injections

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-135

  Read, M T F ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRABURSAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032900025     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.33.2.134     Document Type: Article

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