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Differences in Player Performance and Longevity After Achilles Tendon Rupture Between Professional Basketball Players in the NBA and WNBA. [PDF]

open access: yesOrthop J Sports Med
Momtaz DA   +8 more
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Achilles tendon rupture

Der Orthopäde, 2000
The treatment of acute of Achilles tendon rupture experienced a dynamic development in the last ten years. Decisive for this development was the application of MRI and above all the ultrasonography in the diagnostics of the pathological changes and injuries of tendons.
Tobias Hüfner   +2 more
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Changes in Tendon Elongation and Muscle Atrophy Over Time After Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair: A Prospective Cohort Study on the Effects of Early Functional Mobilization

American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Background: Early functional mobilization (EFM) may improve patient outcome after Achilles tendon rupture (ATR). However, whether EFM affects patient outcome via changes in tendon elongation, thickening, or calf muscle atrophy is unknown.
Susanna Aufwerber   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Return to Sport and Patient Satisfaction at 5-Year Follow-up After Nonoperative Treatment for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture

Foot & ankle international, 2020
Background: There is controversy whether nonoperative or operative treatment for Achilles tendon rupture is superior. It is unknown if patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture return to previous sports activity. The purpose of this study was to assess
T. Lerch   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Achilles Tendon Rupture

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2013
The patient was a 30-year-old man who was referred to a physical therapist for a chief complaint of a painful, swollen left lower leg that had caused difficulty with walking in the previous 3 weeks. Prior to physical therapist referral, the patient's primary care provider ordered radiographs of the left ankle, which were interpreted as normal.
Susan S. Jordan   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Acute Ruptures of the Achilles Tendon

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review, 2009
The Achilles tendon (AT) is the most frequently ruptured tendon in the human body, but the etiology of AT ruptures is still not completely understood. Percutaneous repair and conservative management are viable alternatives to open surgery, which carries higher complication rates and is the most costly of the 3 management options.
Longo UG, RONGA, MARIO, Maffulli N.
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Rupture of the Achilles and patellar tendons

Clinics in Sports Medicine, 2003
Certain similarities can clearly be appreciated between Achilles and patellar tendon ruptures. Both are strong tendons that transmit force bridging at least one joint of the lower limb. When healthy, both require massive forces to be disrupted, and both can be weakened through certain systemic disease processes, steroids, and fluoroquinones. Both allow
MAFFULLI, Nicola, Wong J.
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