Are ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging of value in assessment of Achilles tendon disorders? A two year prospective study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Khan, K M ^a,b   Forster, B B ^b   Robinson, J ^b   Cheong, Y ^b   Louis, L ^b   Maclean, L ^b   Taunton, J E ^b  

^a James Mather Building ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENDON DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0037387004     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.37.2.149     Document Type: Article

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