A 5-year follow-up study of Alfredson's heel-drop exercise programme in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-218

  Van Der Plas, A ^a   De Jonge, S ^a,b   De Vos, R J ^a,b   Van Der Heide, H J L ^c   Verhaar, J A N ^b   Weir, A ^a   Tol, J L ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEEL; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEEL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857366515     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090035     Document Type: Article

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