Interobserver reliability of neovascularization score using Power Doppler ultrasonography in midportion Achilles tendinopathy

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1627-1631

  Sengkerij, Pieter M ^a   De Vos, Robert Jan ^b   Weir, Adam ^a   Van Weelde, Bert J G ^a   Tol, Johannes L ^a  

^a Hague Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles; Neovascularization; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ACHILLES TENDON; ANGIOGENESIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDINITIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449730250     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509332255     Document Type: Article

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