The use of ultrasound in the assessment and treatment of Achilles tendinosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1405-1409

  Mitchell, A W M ^a   Lee, J C ^a   Healy, J C ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON; TENOTOMY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70350686856     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B11.23060     Document Type: Review

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