An overview of common lower extremity soft tissue injuries in athletes

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 35-

  Lakkol, s ^a   Singisetti, k ^a   Anand, s ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SCLEROSING AGENT; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FASCIOTOMY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; ILIOTIBIAL BAND FRICTION SYNDROME; KNEE PAIN; LEG INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 77954774645     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: 20456441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.55.2.35c     Document Type: Article

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