Early weightbearing and ankle mobilization after open repair of acute midsubstance tears of the Achilles tendon

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 692-700

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Tallon, Cheryl ^b   Wong, Jason ^b   Lim, Kim Peng ^b   Bleakney, Robert ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0141433356     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310051001     Document Type: Article

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