A new conservative-dynamic treatment for the acute ruptured achilles tendon

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-368

  Neumayer, Felix ^a   Mouhsine, Elyazid ^a   Arlettaz, Yvan ^a   Gremion, Gérald ^a   Wettstein, Michael ^a   Crevoisier, Xavier ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Orthopedique de la Suisse Romande   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Conservative treatment; Functional

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950859508     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0865-1     Document Type: Article

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