Changing incidence of Achilles tendon rupture in Scotland: A 15-year study

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-160

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a,b   Waterston, Stuart W ^a   Squair, Janet ^a   Reaper, Jacqueline ^a   Douglas, A Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon, rupture; Age; Gender

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033159765     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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