Conservative treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures;Traitement conservateur des ruptures du tendon d'Achille

Journal de Traumatologie du Sport

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-24

  Besch, S ^a,b   Peyre, M ^a   Rodineau, J ^b   Dupre, J P ^a  

^a Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 33645506895     PISSN: 0762915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0762-915X(06)71371-7     Document Type: Article

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