Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in
Chronic Achilles & Patellar Tendinopathy

By Koen Peers
September 2003
Leuven University Press
ISBN: 90-5867-304-9
155 pages, Illustrated, 6 1/4" x 9 1/2"
$67.50 Paper Original

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Contents of this Ph.D. dissertation include: Chronic tendinopathy, Extracorporeal shock wave therapy, Extracoporeal shock wave therapy in Achilles and Patellar tendinopathy, Cross sectional outcome analysis with chronic patellar tendinopathy treated surgically and by extracorporeal shock wave therapy, Exploratory studies in search of a potential role for neovascularization in chronic tendinopathy, Correlation between power Doppler Ultrasonography and clinical severity in Achilles Tendinopathy, Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in chronic tendinopathy: effect on Tendon vascularity measured by power Doppler Ultrasonography and Power Doppler Ultrasonography as predictor of outcome.

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