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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2001-1-8
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| pubmed:abstractText |
To determine the long-term outcome of patients treated nonoperatively for acute or subchronic (duration of the symptoms before initiation of the treatment less than 6 months) Achilles tendinopathy, we performed a follow-up analysis on 83 of 107 patients an average 8 +/- 2 (SD) years after the initial contact. The analysis included a questionnaire, clinical examination, performance tests, muscle strength measurement, and ultrasonographic examination. Twenty-four of the 83 patients (29%) had to be operated on during the follow-up period. Seventy patients (84%) had full recovery of their activity level, and at 8 years' follow-up 78 patients (94%) were asymptomatic or had only mild pain with strenuous exercise. However, a clear side-to-side difference between the involved and the uninvolved sides was observed on the performance test, clinical examination, and ultrasonography. Also, 34 patients (41%) started to suffer from overuse symptoms in the initially uninvolved Achilles tendon. The results of our 8-year follow-up showed that the long-term prognosis of patients with acute-to-subchronic Achilles tendinopathy is favorable as determined by subjective and functional assessments. In the clinical and ultrasonographic examinations, mild-to-moderate changes were observed rather frequently in both the involved and initially uninvolved Achilles tendons, but the occurrence of these changes was not clearly related to the patients' symptoms.
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eng
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IM
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MEDLINE
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0363-5465
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
28
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
634-42
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Achilles Tendon,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Activities of Daily Living,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Exercise,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Task Performance and Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Tendon Injuries,
pubmed-meshheading:11032217-Treatment Outcome
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Long-term prognosis of patients with achilles tendinopathy. An observational 8-year follow-up study.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, and Medical School and the Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Finland.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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