Less-invasive reconstruction of chronic achilles tendon ruptures using a peroneus brevis tendon transfer

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2304-2312

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Spiezia, Filippo ^b   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; augmentation; chronic ruptures; less invasive; peroneus brevis tendon

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449311583     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510376619     Document Type: Article

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