Impact of autologous blood injections in treatment of mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy: Double blind randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7908, 2013, Pages

  Bell, Kevin J ^a   Fulcher, Mark L ^b   Rowlands, David S ^c   Kerse, Ngaire ^b  

^a Sydney Sports Medicine Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878268956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2310     Document Type: Article

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