Good clinical results but persisting side-to-side differences in calf muscle strength after surgical treatment of chronic Achilles tendinosis: A 5-year follow-up

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 207-212

  Ohberg L ^a   Lorentzon, R ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Concentric; Eccentric; Muscle strength; Patient satisfaction; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDINOPATHY; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035433254     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2001.110403.x     Document Type: Article

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