Treatment of patellar tendinopathy-a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1632-1646

  Larsson, Maria E H ^a,b   Käll, Ingela ^a,c   Nilsson Helander, Katarina ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

^c Primary Health Care Southern Bohuslän   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e Kungsbacka Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eccentric training; Evidence based medicine; Jumper's knee

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TENDINITIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84864382400     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1825-1     Document Type: Review

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