Long-term results after functional nonoperative treatment of Achilles tendon rupture

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Hufner, Tobias M ^a,b   Brandes, Dirk B ^a,b   Thermann, Hajo ^a,c   Richter, Martinus ^a,b   Knobloch, Karsten ^a,b   Krettek, Christian ^a,b  

^a Hannover Medical School ^*

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achilles Tendon Rupture; Nonoperative Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; CAST APPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33645279823     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700302     Document Type: Review

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