Rehabilitation of lower limb tendinopathies

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 777-789

  Cook, Jill L ^b   Purdam, Craig R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FRICTION; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOWER LEG; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON DISEASE;

EID: 0141731330     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(03)00007-3     Document Type: Review

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