Functional management of Achilles tendon rupture: A viable option for non-operative management

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Karkhanis, S ^a   Mumtaz, H ^a   Kurdy, N ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Functional; Management; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTHENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE INJURIES; BRACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE INJURIES; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952888258     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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