No adverse effect of early weight bearing following open repair of acute tears of the Achilles tendon

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-379

  Maffulli, N ^a,b   Tallon, C ^b   Wong, J ^b   Lim, K Peng ^b   Bleakney, R ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Rehabilitation; Tendeon injuries, surgery; Treatment, outcome

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PLASTER CAST; TENDON SURGERY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0141587379     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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