Extra-corporeal Pulsed-activated Therapy (" EPAT" Sound Wave) for Achilles Tendinopathy: A Prospective Study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Saxena, Amol ^a   Ramdath, Sona ^a   O'Halloran, Patrick ^b   Gerdesmeyer, Ludger ^c   Gollwitzer, Hans ^d  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athlete; EPAT; ESWT; Heel; Injury; Roles and Maudsley; Sound wave

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; EXTRACORPOREAL PULSED ACTIVATED THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSERTIONAL TENDINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATENDINOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL TENDINOSIS; ROLES AND MAUDSLEY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955000138     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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