Effects of low-level laser therapy and eccentric exercises in the treatment of recreational athletes with chronic achilles tendinopathy

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 881-887

  Stergioulas, Apostolos ^a   Stergioula, Marianna ^a   Aarskog, Reidar ^b   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo A B ^c   Bjordal, Jan M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Low level laser therapy; Muscle stretching exercises; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECREATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249114691     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507312165     Document Type: Article

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