Non-Surgical Management of Achilles Ruptures

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-684

  Tan, Giselle ^a   Sabb, Brian ^a   Kadakia, Anish R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles; Non operative; Non surgical; Rupture; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 74049115464     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.08.004     Document Type: Review

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