ESWT for tendinopathy: Technology and clinical implications

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1451-1458

  van der Worp, Henk ^a   van den Akker Scheek, Inge ^a   van Schie, Hans ^b,c   Zwerver, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Shockwave; Tendinopathy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CALCINOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGENERATION; REVIEW; TENDINITIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CALCINOSIS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84877924448     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2009-3     Document Type: Review

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