Should ultrasound-guided needle fenestration be considered as a treatment option for recalcitrant patellar tendinopathy? A retrospective study of 47 cases

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-490

  Housner, Jeffrey A ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^a   Morag, Yoav ^a   Pujalte, George Guntar A ^a   Northway, Rebecca M ^a   Boon, Tracy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

needling; patellar tendinopathy; tenotomy; treatment; ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALCITRANT PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED NEEDLE FENESTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649346418     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181f3617f     Document Type: Article

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