Sonographic incidence of tendon microtears in athletes with chronic Achilles tendinosis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-130

  Gibbon, W W ^a   Cooper, J R ^a   Radcliffe, G S ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*

Author keywords

Achilles tendinitis; Achilles tendinosis; Achilles tendon; Microtears; Rupture; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 0032925051     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.33.2.129     Document Type: Article

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