ReviewTranslational sports medicine2022
Persistent Deficits after an Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Narrative Review.
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- Soleus subtendon elongation is reduced by individual suturing of Achilles subtendons after rupture.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Criteria for Return to Running After Surgical Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Tendon elongation in the free tendon is evident in patients with and without persistent muscle weakness following an Achilles tendon rupture.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Discordance Between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Heel-Rise Limb Symmetry After Surgical Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Early Structural Healing and 12-Month Clinical Outcomes of Atelocollagen Patch Augmentation for Achilles Tendon Repair: A Prospective Cohort Comparison.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-guided Achilles tendon rupture repair using knotless barbed suture: a cadaveric study.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2026Article
- Structural characterization of newt tendon regeneration after complete transection: In vivo two-photon imaging and transmission electron microscopy.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Comparison of Dominant and Non-Dominant Muscle Function Recovery and Limb Symmetry After Achilles Tendon Repair: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Mitochondrial transfer and transplantation in tendon, ligament, and enthesis repair: current evidence, mechanistic rationale, and regenerative opportunities.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- The experience of individuals following non-surgical management of Achilles tendon rupture in the United Kingdom - a qualitative study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Interlimb differences in gait kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activation during walking and running one year after acute unilateral Achilles tendon rupture.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Commercial Biomaterial-Based Products for Tendon Surgical Augmentation: A Scoping Review on Currently Available Medical Devices.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Review
- Dilemma in the Treatment of Sports Injuries in Athletes: Tendon Overuse, Muscle Strain, and Tendon Rupture.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Review
- Morphological Changes One Year After Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair: A Comparison of Loading Strategies.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- Rehabilitation and Return to Sports after Achilles Tendon Repair.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Eccentric Training to Restore Persistent Functional Loss Following Ruptured Achilles Tendon: The Role of Fascicle Length and Muscle Excursion.Translational sports medicine · 2024Article
- Feasibility of Blood Flow Restriction Exercise in Adults with a Non-surgically Treated Achilles Tendon Rupture; a Case Series.International journal of exercise science · 2024Article
- In Achilles Tendinopathy the Symptomatic Tendon Differs from the Asymptomatic Tendon While Exercise Therapy Has Little Effect on Asymmetries-An Ancillary Analysis of Data from a Controlled Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Persistent muscle weakness, tendon elongation, and incomplete return to preinjury level are frequent sequelae after acute Achilles tendon rupture, and evidence-based knowledge of how to best rehabilitate the injury is largely absent in the literature. The objective of this review is to illuminate and discuss to what extent an Achilles tendon rupture affects muscle, tendon, and function when assessed with the Achilles tendon total rupture score (ATRS), muscle strength, muscle cross-sectional area, tendon length, and the heel-rise test. The patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) data in the literature suggest that the recovery takes longer than 6 months (ATRS, 70 out of 100), that one-year postinjury, the ATRS only reaches 82, and that this does not appear to noticeably improve thereafter. Loss of muscle mass, strength, and function can in some cases be permanent. Over the first 6 months postinjury, the tendon undergoes elongation, which appears to be negatively correlated to heel-rise function. More recently, there has been some interest in how muscle length and excursion is related to the reduced function. The available literature indicates that further research is highly warranted and that efforts to restore normal tendon length may improve the likelihood of returning to preinjury level after an Achilles tendon rupture.
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