Tendinopathies of the foot and ankle

American Family Physician

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1107-1114

  Simpson, Michael R ^a   Howard, Thomas M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ANKLE; ANKLE INSTABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOOT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REST; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; TENDINITIS; TRAINING; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 73249115963     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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