MRI is unnecessary for diagnosing acute achilles tendon ruptures: Clinical diagnostic criteria foot and ankle

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2268-2273

  Garras, David N ^a   Raikin, Steven M ^b   Bhat, Suneel B ^a   Taweel, Nicholas ^b   Karanjia, Homyar ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACUTE ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS TENDON TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TENDON SURGERY; THERAPY DELAY; THOMPSON TEST; TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; V Y MYOTENDINOUS ADVANCEMENT; ACHILLES TENDON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RUPTURE; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84866460324     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2355-y     Document Type: Article

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