Achilles tendon rupture healing is enhanced by intermittent pneumatic compression upregulating collagen type I synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose and hypothesis

Adjuvant intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) during leg immobilization following Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) has been shown to reduce the risk of deep venous thrombosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether IPC can also promote tendon healing.

Methods

One hundred and fifty patients with surgical repair of acute ATR were post-operatively leg immobilized and prospectively randomized. Patients were allocated for 2 weeks of either adjuvant IPC treatment (n = 74) or treatment-as-usual (n = 74) in a plaster cast without IPC. The IPC group received 6 h daily bilateral calf IPC applied under an orthosis on the injured side. At 2 weeks post-operatively, tendon healing was assessed using microdialysis followed by enzymatic quantification o

SUBMITTER: Abdul Alim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061441 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature