The morphology and symptom history of the Achilles tendons of figure skaters: An observational study

Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-114

  Perry, Mark ^a   Tillett, Eleanor ^b   Mitchell, Sophie ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^c   Morrissey, Dylan ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles; Skating; Sonography; Tendinopathy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892875423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22404554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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