Return to Sports
In patients who participate in sports it is an option to return them to sports within 3-6 months after operative treatment for acute Achilles tendon rupture.
LIMITED RECOMMENDATION Rationale
A systematic review identified 23 level IV studies providing data on return to sports after operative treatment. Two studies54, 51 reported return to jogging at three months. One study 47 reported return to sport at four months. Five studies55, 32,54, 51,56 reported that 83%-100% of patient returned to sports at six months. Ten studies19,57, 58, 53, 56, 54 , 40, 5, 21, 20 reported that 32-100% of patients returned to sports at 12 months or more.
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