Eccentric exercises for the management of tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon with or without an AirHeel™ Brace. A randomized controlled trial. B: Effects of compliance

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 20-22, 2008, Pages 1692-1696

  Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Schreibmueller, Louisa ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Vogt, Peter M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles; Compliance; Eccentric exercises; Pain; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXYGEN;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SWIMMING; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING;

ACHILLES TENDON; BRACES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 56449108619     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701785676     Document Type: Article

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