Achilles tendinopathy

Tendon Injuries: Basic Science and Clinical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 201-208

  Kader, Deiary ^e   Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Leadbetter, Wayne B ^b,c   Renström, Per ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NONE

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EID: 73449131242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-84628-050-8_21     Document Type: Chapter

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