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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Muscle Fascicles Exhibit Limited Passive Elongation Throughout the Rehabilitation of Achilles Tendon Rupture After Percutaneous Repair.

Alison N Agres, Adamantios Arampatzis, Tobias Gehlen, Sebastian Manegold, Georg N Duda

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Achilles Tendon Surgical Repair Partially Restores Early Plantar Flexor Structure and Function in a Rat Model.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alison N AgresJulius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Adamantios ArampatzisDepartment of Training and Movement Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Tobias GehlenCenter for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Sebastian ManegoldDepartment for Foot and Ankle Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Georg N DudaJulius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Freie Universität Berlin · DEBerufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) results in long-term functional and structural deficits, characterized by reduced ankle mobility and plantarflexor muscle atrophy. However, it remains unclear how such functional impairments develop after surgical repair. While it is known that this injury negatively affects the tendon's function, to date, limited work has focused on the short-term effect of ATR on the structure of the muscles in series. The aim of this study was to characterize changes in medial gastrocnemius architecture and its response to passive lengthening during the post-surgical rehabilitative period following ATR. Both injured and contralateral limbs from 10 subjects (1 female, BMI: 27.2 ± 3.9 kg/m

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achilles tendon – injuriesachilles tendon rupturemuscle-tendon unitrehabilitationultrasonographyultrasound

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