Recovery of Calf Muscle Strength Following Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture Treatment: A Comparison Between Minimally Invasive Surgery and Conservative Treatment

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 219-226

  Metz, Roderik ^a   Van Der Heijden, Geert J M G ^b   Verleisdonk, Egbert Jan M M ^a   Tamminga, Rob ^c   Van Der Werken, Christiaan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Physiotherapy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; isokinetic; recovery; rupture

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTER CAST; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049095140     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640009348338     Document Type: Article

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