A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures used to assess achilles tendon rupture management: What's being used and should we be using it?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1102-1109

  Kearney, Rebecca S ^a   Achten, Juul ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a   Plant, Caroline ^a   Costa, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUPTURE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870238403     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090497     Document Type: Review

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