Achilles tendon and paratendon microcirculation in midportion and insertional tendinopathy in athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-97

  Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Kraemer, Robert ^a   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a   Jagodzinski, Michael ^a   Gossling, Thomas ^a   Richter, Martinus ^a   Zeichen, Johannes ^a   Hufner, Tobias ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Doppler; Microcirculation; Pain; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON DISEASE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 29844450199     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505278705     Document Type: Article

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