Midportion Achilles tendinosis and the plantaris tendon

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1023-1025

  Alfredson, Håkan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80053024637     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090217     Document Type: Article

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