Laser therapy in the treatment of achilles tendinopathy: A pilot study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Tumilty, Steve ^a   Munn, Joanne ^a   Abbott, J Haxby ^a   McDonough, Suzanne ^b   Hurley, Deirdre A ^c   Baxter, G David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY; LASER THERAPY; TENDINOPATHY;

LASER SURGERY;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849110201     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2126     Document Type: Article

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