Long-term ultrasonographic features of the Achilles tendon after rupture

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 273-278

  Bleakney, Robert R ^a   Tallon, Cheryl ^a   Wong, Jason K ^a   Lim, Kim Peng ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Surgery; Tendons; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTIFACTS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036748571     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200209000-00003     Document Type: Article

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