Incidence, demographics, characteristics and management of acute Achilles tendon rupture: An epidemiological study

Samuel Briggs-Price; Jitendra Mangwani; Linzy Houchen-Wolloff; Gayatri Modha; Emma Fitzpatrick; Murtaza Faizi; Jenna Shepherd; Seth O’Neill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0304197

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Incidence, demographics, characteristics and management of acute Achilles tendon rupture: An epidemiological study

Samuel Briggs-Price ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sbp18@leicester.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Healthcare, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7435-3173

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Jitendra Mangwani,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedics, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Linzy Houchen-Wolloff,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Gayatri Modha,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Care, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Emma Fitzpatrick,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedics, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Murtaza Faizi,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedics, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Jenna Shepherd,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedics, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Seth O’Neill

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Healthcare, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0904-1381

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Incidence, demographics, characteristics and management of acute Achilles tendon rupture: An epidemiological study

Samuel Briggs-Price,
Jitendra Mangwani,
Linzy Houchen-Wolloff,
Gayatri Modha,
Emma Fitzpatrick,
Murtaza Faizi,
Jenna Shepherd,
Seth O’Neill

Published: June 21, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304197

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