Acute Achilles tendon rupture: Minimally invasive surgery versus non operative treatment, with immediate full weight bearing. Design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Metz, Roderik ^a   Kerkhoffs, Gino M M J ^b   Verleisdonk, Egbert Jan M M ^a   Van Der Heijden, Geert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38149013966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-108     Document Type: Article

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