Treating tendinopathy. Perspective on anti-inflammatory intervention and Therapeutic exercise

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 363-374

  Joseph, Michael F ^a   Denegar, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Eccentric loading; Tendinopathy; Therapeutic exercise

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; CHONDROGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATELLA TENDINOPATHY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; PATHOLOGY; TENDINOPATHY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84932197683     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2014.12.006     Document Type: Review

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