Quantitative ultrasound imaging of Achilles tendon integrity in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals: Reliability and minimal detectable change

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nadeau, Marie Josée ^a,b   Desrochers, Amélie ^a,b   Lamontagne, Martin ^b   Larivière, Christian ^a,c   Gagnon, Dany H ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert Sauve   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Computer assisted image analysis; Measures; Musculoskeletal system; Quantitative evaluation; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility; Tendinopathy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84982162870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17571146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13047-016-0164-3     Document Type: Article

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