Postoperative rehabilitation after percutaneous Achilles tendon repair: Early functional therapy versus cast immobilization

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 20-22, 2008, Pages 1726-1732

  Majewski, M ^a   Schaeren, S ^a   Kohlhaas, U ^b   Ochsner, P E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital of Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

^c Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Functional rehabilitation protocol; Postoperative regimen

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FORCE; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; SHOES; SPLINTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449107214     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701786831     Document Type: Article

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