Tendinopathy of the main body of the achilles tendon

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-308

  Vora, Anand M ^a   Myerson, Mark S ^b   Oliva, Francesco ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^c  

^a ILLINOIS BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; APROTININ; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANKLE PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FIBROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SEROMA; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN NECROSIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENOTOMY; THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 19544377158     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2005.01.007     Document Type: Review

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