Imaging in the assessment and management of Achilles tendinopathy and paratendinitis

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Wijesekera, Nevin T ^a   Calder, James D ^b   Lee, Justin C ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles; MRI; paratendinitis; tendinopathy; treatment; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 79951864503     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1271961     Document Type: Review

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