Preliminary results of colour Doppler-guided intratendinous glucocorticoid injection for Achilles tendonitis in five patients

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-106

  Koenig, M J ^a   Torp Pedersen, S ^a   Qvistgaard, E ^a   Terslev, L ^a   Bliddal, H ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Interventional ultrasound; Musculoskeletal ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELAPSE; REST; TENDINITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 2342447889     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0838.2003.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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