Less promising results with sclerosing ethoxysclerol injections for midportion achilles tendinopathy: A retrospective study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2226-2232

  Van Sterkenburg, Maayke N ^a   De Jonge, Milko C ^a   Sierevelt, Inger N ^a   Van Dijk, C Niek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles; Doppler; neovascularization; sclerosing; tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 78449266522     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510373467     Document Type: Article

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