Functional treatment after surgical repair of acute Achilles tendon rupture: Wrap vs walking cast

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 102-105

  Kerkhoffs, G M M J ^a   Struijs, P A A ^a   Raaymakers, E L F B ^a   Marti, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early mobilization; Spontaneous Achilles tendon rupture; Walking cast; Wrap

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BANDAGES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036935379     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020100312     Document Type: Article

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