Achilles Tendon Rehabilitation

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 773-782

  Strom, Adam C ^a   Casillas, Mark M ^b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Foot and Ankle Center of South Texas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Early mobilization; Late mobilization; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SMOKING; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE JOINT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; SMOKING; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74049123512     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.08.003     Document Type: Review

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