Chronic tendon pain: No signs of chemical inflammation but high concentrations of the neurotransmitter glutamate. Implications for treatment?

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-54

  Alfredson, Håkan ^a   Lorentzon, Ronny ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PATELLA TENDON; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TENDON DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MICRODIALYSIS; PAIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0036215207     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389450023348028     Document Type: Article

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