Surgery for chronic Achilles tendinopathy produces worse results in women

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 20-22, 2008, Pages 1714-1720

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Testa, Vittorino ^b   Capasso, Giovanni ^c   Oliva, Francesco ^d   Panni, Alfredo Schiavone ^e   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^f   King, John B ^g  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dynamic Center   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento Scienze   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^g ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy; Surgery outcome

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOTHERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; SEX FACTORS; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56449092415     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701786765     Document Type: Article

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