Achilles tendon injuries in a United States population

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-480

  Raikin, Steven M ^a   Garras, David N ^b   Krapchev, Philip V ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OrthoCarolina   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles rupture; Age; BMI; Epidemiology; Sports

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; QUINOLONE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; BASKETBALL; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS; UNITED STATES; VOLLEYBALL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASKETBALL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SOCCER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876977826     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1071100713477621     Document Type: Review

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