Achilles tendon shape and echogenicity on ultrasound among active badminton players

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Malliaras, P ^a   Voss, C ^b   Garau, G ^c   Richards, P ^d   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro Ortopedico di Quadrante   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy; Badminton; Doppler ultrasound; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; SPORT; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RACQUET SPORTS; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84858241871     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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