Mechanical properties during healing of Achilles tendon ruptures to predict final outcome: A pilot Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis in 10 patients

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schepull, Thorsten ^a   Kvist, Joanna ^b   Andersson, Christer ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Medical and Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY ANALYSIS; ACHILLES TENDON; CONVALESCENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RUPTURE; STATISTICS; TENDON INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 39149143967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-116     Document Type: Article

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