Background: The Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score was developed by a research group in 2007 in response to the need for a patient reported outcome measure for this patient population.

A painful condition due to injury of a cord that connects the calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to the heel bone, known as achilles ... involves a physical examination and imaging tests.

In the largest study of 775 patients, the overall complication rate of surgically treated Achilles tendon ruptures was ... and allows controlled motion with physical therapy.

1 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ... is a direct ultrasound measure. Examination of the association of elongation to valid clinical measures of the length of the Achilles tendon are needed. The ...

The present study investigated microcirculatory changes in the Achilles tendon in healthy subjects resulting from interventions with three kinds of physical agents including thermal, optical, and ...