Eccentric loading versus eccentric loading plus shock-wave treatment for midportion achilles tendinopathy: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-470

  Rompe, Jan D ^a   Furia, John ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c  

^a orthoTrauma Evaluations Centrum   (Germany)

^b Sun Orthopaedics Group   (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles pain; Eccentric loading; Shock wave treatment; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC TRAINING REGIMEN; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN REDNESS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACHILLES TENDON; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIATION; TENDINITIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 66349117466     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508326983     Document Type: Article

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