Persistent Deficits after an Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Narrative Review

Persistent muscle weakness, tendon elongation, and incomplete return to preinjury level are frequent sequelae after acute Achilles rupture, evidence-based knowledge of how best rehabilitate the injury is largely absent in literature. The objective this review illuminate discuss what extent an rupture affects muscle, tendon, function when assessed with total score (ATRS), strength, cross-sectional area, length, heel-rise test. patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) data literature suggest that recovery takes longer than 6 months (ATRS, 70 out 100), one-year postinjury, ATRS only reaches 82, does not appear noticeably improve thereafter. Loss mass, can some cases be permanent. Over first undergoes which appears negatively correlated function. More recently, there has been interest length excursion related reduced available indicates further research highly warranted efforts restore normal may likelihood returning rupture.