Variability and Quality of Physical Therapy Protocols after Surgical Repair for Achilles Tendon Rupture Available Online for Patient and Therapist Education:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

ZilanLin¹ 

关键词: achilles tendon rupture;    physical therapy;    rehabilitation;    surgical repair;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011417S000264

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:Sports, TraumaIntroduction/Purpose:The Internet has gained popularity in patient education and communication with physical therapists. Orthopaedic practices post information on physical therapy exercises and post-surgical caution online. This includes the case for rehabilitation after Achilles tendon repair. Therefore, it is important to assess the consistency within the online available protocols and determine if they retain current evidence-based principles. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the consistency and quality of online physical therapy protocols after Achilles tendon surgical repair available to patients and physical therapists.Methods:Protocols were searched on Google by using the term “(achilles AND repair) AND (rehabilitation OR physical therapy) AND (protocol OR guidelines)” on three different computers. Methodical protocols on rehabilitation after Achilles tendon rupture repair from the first 100 websites with each search were collected. Duplicated protocols and no...

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