Body Mass Index and Achilles Tendonitis: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis

Foot and Ankle Specialist

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 276-282

  Klein, Erin E ^a   Weil, Lowell ^a   Weil, Lowell Scott ^a   Fleischer, Adam E ^b  

^a WEIL FOOT AND ANKLE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Dr William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinosis; Achilles tendonitis; body mass index; extracorporeal shockwave therapy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDONITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; TENDINOPATHY;

ACHILLES TENDINOSIS; ACHILLES TENDONITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880737021     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640013489343     Document Type: Article

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