Colour and power doppler sonography in symptomatic achilles tendon disease

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-305

  Reiter, M ^a,c   Ulreich, N ^b   Dirisamer, A ^c   Tscholakoff, D ^a   Bocek, R A ^a  

^a Zentralrontgeninstitut K   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Pain score; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 2942585497     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815828     Document Type: Article

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