Acute Achilles tendon RuptuRe

.................................................................................................................................. 4 list of pApeRs ........................................................................................................................... 6 contents ................................................................................................................................... 7 ABBReviAtions ........................................................................................................................... 8 definitions ................................................................................................................................ 9 intRoduction ......................................................................................................................... 10 RevieW of the liteRAtuRe ..................................................................................................... 14 pRoBlem AReAs ....................................................................................................................... 21 Aims of the studies .............................................................................................................. 22 suBJects And methods ......................................................................................................... 23 subjects .......................................................................................................................... 23 ethics ............................................................................................................................. 25 methods ....................................................................................................................... 26 statistical methods ........................................................................................................ 34 summARy of pApeRs ............................................................................................................... 36 discussion .............................................................................................................................. 44 methods for evaluating outcome of treatment ................................................................ 44 patient-reported outcome ............................................................................................... 44 evaluation of function ..................................................................................................... 45 treatment of an acute Achilles tendon rupture ................................................................ 47 thrombosis after acute Achilles tendon rupture .............................................................. 51 treatment of re-ruptures ................................................................................................. 52 limitAtions .............................................................................................................................. 54 conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 55 clinicAl RelevAnce ................................................................................................................ 56 futuRe peRspectives .............................................................................................................. 57 summARy in sWedish (svensk sammanfattning) ..................................................................... 58 AcKnoWledGements ............................................................................................................. 60 RefeRences .............................................................................................................................. 62 AppendiX AtRs ......................................................................................................................... 68 pApeR i-v ................................................................................................................................... 71