Site of maximum neovascularisation correlates with the site of pain in recalcitrant mid-tendon Achilles tendinopathy

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-468

  Divani, Kiran ^a   Chan, Otto ^b   Padhiar, Nat ^a   Twycross Lewis, Richard ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Crisp, Tom ^b   Morrissey, Dylan ^a  

^a Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b London Independent Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy; Neovascularisation; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 77955655610     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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