Sclerosing injections to areas of neo-vascularisation reduce pain in chronic Achilles tendinopathy: A double-blind randomised controlled trial

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-344

  Alfredson, Håkan ^a   Öhberg, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trial; Sclerosing injections; Tendon pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344382619     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0585-6     Document Type: Article

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