Isokinetic strength and endurance after percutaneous and open surgical repair of achilles tendon ruptures

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-290

  Goren, David ^a   Ayalon, Moshe ^b,c   Nyska, Meir ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Israel)

^b Life Science   (Israel)

^c WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Endurance; Isokinetic; Open surgery; Percutaneous; Strength

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETER; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TORQUE;

EID: 16844367309     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600404     Document Type: Article

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