Injectable treatments for noninsertional Achilles tendinosis: A systematic review

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 619-628

  Gross, Christopher E ^a   Hsu, Andrew R ^a   Chahal, Jaskarndip ^a   Holmes Jr , George B ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Injections; Midsubstance; Tendinopathy; Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; APROTININ; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLIDOCANOL; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCLEROSING AGENT; HEMODIALYSIS FLUID; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDSUBSTANCE; REVIEW; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; INJECTIONS; MIDSUBSTANCE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDINOSIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883023309     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1071100713475353     Document Type: Article

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