Painful conditions in the Achilles tendon region: A common problem in middle-aged competitive badminton players

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-60

  Fahlström, Martin ^a   Lorentzon, Ronny ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles; Badminton; Pain; Sports; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPORT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RACQUET SPORTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036369658     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-001-0255-x     Document Type: Article

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