Favorable outcomes after sonographically guided intratendinous injection of hyperosmolar dextrose for chronic insertional and midportion achilles tendinosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1047-1053

  Ryan, Michael ^a   Wong, Anthony ^b   Taunton, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Dextrose prolotherapy; Interventional radiology; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950625281     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3255     Document Type: Article

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