Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation

BACKGROUND: Patients with Achilles tendon rupture who have non-operative treatment have traditionally been treated with immobilisation of the tendon in plaster casts for several weeks. Functional bracing is an alternative non-operative treatment that allows earlier mobilisation, but evidence on its...

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Autores principales: Costa, Matthew L, Achten, Juul, Marian, Ioana R, Dutton, Susan J, Lamb, Sarah E, Ollivere, Benjamin, Maredza, Mandy, Petrou, Stavros, Kearney, Rebecca S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7016510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32035553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32942-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7016510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32035553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32942-3

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