High volume image guided injections in chronic Achilles tendinopathy

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 20-22, 2008, Pages 1697-1708

  Chan, Otto ^a   O'Dowd, Dominic ^b   Padhiar, Nat ^b   Morrissey, Dylan ^b   King, John ^b   Jalan, Rosy ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c   Crisp, Tom ^b  

^a London Independent Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy; Eccentric loading; Image guided injection; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPIVACAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449112749     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701788225     Document Type: Article

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