Contralateral tendon rupture risk is increased in individuals with a previous Achilles tendon rupture

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-33

  Aroen A ^a,b   Helgo D ^a   Granlund, O G ^a   Bahr, R ^b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Post injury problems; Prevention; Risk factor; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442661886     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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