Medicine

Achilles tendon disorders: etiology and epidemiology.

T. Järvinen, P. Kannus, N. Maffulli, K. Khan

2005.6.1Foot and Ankle Clinics

DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2005.01.013

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The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the human body and there has been a general increase in popularity of sporting activities, but the number and incidence of the Achilles tendon overuse injuries and complete, spontaneous ruptures has increased in the industrialized countries during the last decades.

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JÄRVINEN, T., et al. Achilles tendon disorders: Etiology and epidemiology. Foot and Ankle Clinics, 2005, 10 2: 255–66.