Tendon disorders of the foot and ankle, part 2 achilles tendon disorders

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1223-1234

  Heckman, Daniel S ^a   Gluck, George S ^a   Parekh, Selene G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles; Bursitis; Haglund; Insertional tendinitis; Ruptures

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLIDOCANOL;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIMB PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOTOMY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FOOT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 67649537510     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509335947     Document Type: Article

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