Prolotherapy injections and eccentric loading exercises for painful Achilles tendinosis: a randomised trial
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Prolotherapy injections and eccentric loading exercises for painful Achilles tendinosis: a randomised trial.
OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of eccentric loading exercises (ELE) with prolotherapy injections used singly and in combination for painful Achilles tendinosis. DESIGN A single-blinded randomised clinical trial. The primary outcome measure was the VISA-A questionnaire with a minimum clinically important change (MCIC) of 20 points. SETTING Five Australian prima...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.057968