Foot tendinopathies in rheumatic diseases: Etiopathogenesis, clinical manifestations and therapeutic options

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 547-555

  Frizziero, A ^a   Bonsangue, V ^a   Trevisan, M ^a   Ames, P R J ^b   Masiero, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enthesitis; Foot; Pain; Rheumatic; Tendinopathy; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ELASTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEOGLYCAN; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE PAIN; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTERY PERFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ENTHESITIS; EXERCISE; FLEXOR TENDON; FOOT PAIN; FRICTION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAPHO SYNDROME; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON RUPTURE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS;

EID: 84878686611     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-012-2158-2     Document Type: Review

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