Insertional achilles tendinopathy management: A systematic review

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 689-694

  Kearney, Rebecca ^a   Costa, Matthew L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK WAVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACHILLES TENDON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIATION; SURGERY; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; DEBRIDEMENT; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS;

EID: 77955135429     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2010.0689     Document Type: Review

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