the key is recognising the signs early. Symptoms typically include: Pain located within the tendon itself, often aggravated by running Morning stiffness in the achilles, which might ease as the ...

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.

Method: This was a prospective study in which all chronic Achilles tendon injury patients seen at three centres in Germany from 1998 to 2003 were screened. All patients with clinical and/or ...

1 Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2 Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia Methods: Forty five patients with symptoms in 57 ...