Radiotherapy for achillodynia: Results of a single-center prospective randomized dose-optimization trial

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-146

  Ott, O J ^a   Jeremias, C ^a   Gaipl, U S ^a   Frey, B ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Fietkau, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achillodynia; Benign degenerative disease; Pain; Radiotherapy; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ACHILLODYNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSIVE PAIN SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874081456     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0240-y     Document Type: Article

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