Current treatment options for tendinopathy

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2177-2186

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Loppini, Mattia ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athlete; Eccentric exercises; Injury; Sports; Tendinopathy; Tendon

Indexed keywords

AETOXISCLEROL; APROTININ; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; BURSITIS; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EPICONDYLITIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDLINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN RECEPTOR; PATELLA TENDON; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE METABOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 77955834084     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2010.495715     Document Type: Review

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