Partial mid-portion Achilles tendon ruptures: New sonographic findings helpful for diagnosis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-432

  Alfredson, Hakan ^a   Masci, Lorenzo ^b   Öhberg, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURE SPORTS MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUPTURE; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952533879     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067298     Document Type: Article

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