Achilles tendinopathy

Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-225

  Luscombe, K L ^a   Sharma, P ^a   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; overuse injuries; tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REOPERATION; REST; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON SHEATH; TENDON SURGERY; TENOTOMY; TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0347765892     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1460408603ta285oa     Document Type: Article

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