The TOPGAME-study: Effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in jumping athletes with patellar tendinopathy. Design of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zwerver, Johannes ^a   Verhagen, Evert ^b   Hartgens, Fred ^c   Van Den Akker Scheek, Inge ^a   Diercks, Ron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORTING EVENT; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VOLLEYBALL; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PATELLA LIGAMENT; RADIATION; SPORT INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PLACEBOS; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749310036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-28     Document Type: Article

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