The chronic painful Achilles and patellar tendon: Research on basic biology and treatment

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 252-259

  Alfredson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Eccentric training; Microdialysis; Sclerosing injections; Tendons; US+CD

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DINOPROSTONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MICRODIALYSIS; PATELLA; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 22744432502     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2005.00466.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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