Achilles tendinopathy—do plantaris tendon removal and Achilles tendon scraping improve tendon structure? A prospective study using ultrasound tissue characterisation

OBJECTIVES: The plantaris tendon has recently been described as a possible important factor in midportion Achilles tendinopathy. Ultrasound tissue characterisation (UTC) is a method to study tendon structure (matrix integrity). The effect of plantaris tendon removal on Achilles tendon structure was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Masci, Lorenzo, Spang, Christoph, van Schie, Hans T M, Alfredson, Håkan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5117009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27900118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2015-000005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5117009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27900118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2015-000005

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