Sonoelastography in the evaluation of painful Achilles tendon in amateur athletes

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Sconfienza, Luca M ^a   Silvestri, Enzo ^b   Cimmino, Marco A ^b  

^a IRCCS Policlinico   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Sonoelastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLODYNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONOELASTOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDON DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; ACHILLES TENDON; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 77957006124     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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