Immediate full-weight-bearing mobilisation for repaired Achilles tendon ruptures: A pilot study

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 874-876

  Costa, M L ^a   Shepstone, L ^a   Darrah, C ^a   Marshall, T ^a   Donell, S T ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURAL NERVE; TENDON SURGERY; TENODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0142168959     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00205-X     Document Type: Article

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