Achilles tendon rupture in women

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-53

  Vosseller, J Turner ^a   Ellis, Scott J ^a   Levine, David S ^a   Kennedy, John G ^a   Elliott, Andrew J ^a   Deland, Jonathan T ^a   Roberts, Matthew M ^a   O'Malley, Martin J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Female ratio; Male; Rupture; Women

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPORT INJURY; ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SEX RATIO;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874811717     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1071100712460223     Document Type: Article

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