Comparison between extracorporeal shockwave therapy, placebo ESWT and endoscopic plantar fasciotomy for the treatment of chronic plantar heel pain in the athlete

Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-316

  Saxena, Amol ^a   Fournier, Magali ^a   Gerdesmeyer, Ludger ^b   Gollwitzer, Hans ^c  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athlete; Endoscopic plantar fasciotomy; ESWT; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892839649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22404554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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