Disorders of the Achilles tendon

Current Orthopaedic Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Duerden, John D ^a   Keeling, John J ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles repair; Achilles rupture; Achilles tendinopathy; Achilles tendon; Haglund's syndrome; Tendinitis

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; BIOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MICRODIALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SITTING; SPORT INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XANTHOMA;

EID: 58149183572     PISSN: 19407041     EISSN: 19417551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3282f379ad     Document Type: Review

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