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Disability and Rehabilitation Volume 30, 2008 - Issue 20-22: Advances in Tendinopathy
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Eccentric exercises for the management of tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon with or without an AirHeel™ Brace. A randomized controlled trial. B: Effects of compliance

Dr Karsten Knobloch Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD PhD,
Louisa Schreibmueller Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany
,
Umile Giuseppe Longo Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
&
Peter M. Vogt Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Pages 1692-1696 | Accepted 01 Nov 2007, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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