Function after Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly: 25 patients older than 65 years followed for 3 years

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-68

  Nestorson, Jens ^a   Movin, Tomas ^a   Möller, Michael ^b   Karlsson, Jon ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PLASTER CAST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING;

EID: 0034021851     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470052943928     Document Type: Article

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