Tendinopathy - Tendinitis or tendinosis? The question is still open [2]

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 270-272

  Fredberg, Ulrich ^a  

^a Aarhus Stadion   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALGESIA; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TENDINITIS; TENDINOSIS; TENDON LESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143130168     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.404_3.x     Document Type: Letter

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