CHELT therapy in the treatment of chronic insertional Achilles tendinopathy

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1217-1225

  Notarnicola, Angela ^a   Maccagnano, Giuseppe ^a   Tafuri, Silvio ^a   Forcignanò, Maria Immacolata ^a   Panella, Antonio ^a   Moretti, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Criotherapy; Extracorporeal Shock Waves Therapy; High Energy Laser Therapy; Pain; tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANKLE HINDFOOT SCALE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INSERTIONAL ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY; COLD AIR; COLD AIR AND HIGH ENERGY LASER THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STRETCHING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACHILLES TENDON; AIR; ANKLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION; TENDINOPATHY;

ACHILLES TENDON; AIR; ANKLE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84902661682     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1510-3     Document Type: Article

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