Prolotherapy injections and eccentric loading exercises for painful Achilles tendinosis: A randomised trial

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Yelland, Michael J ^a   Sweeting, Kent R ^a   Lyftogt, John A ^b   Ng, Shu Kay ^a   Scuffham, Paul A ^a   Evans, Kerrie A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Active Health QEII   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; GLUCOSE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952494301     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.057968     Document Type: Article

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