The limited effectiveness of a home-based eccentric training for treatment of achilles tendinopathy

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ram, Rithesh ^a   Meeuwisse, Willem ^a   Patel, Chirag ^b   Wiseman, David A ^b   Wiley, J Preston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Foothills Medical Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884519476     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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