Rehabilitation of the operated achilles tendon: Parameters for predicting return to activity

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-40

  Saxena, Amol ^a   Ewen, Brynn ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle; Athlete; Injury; Rupture; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SURGERY; TENODESIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650283425     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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