FGF gene expression in injured tendons as a prognostic biomarker of 1-year patient outcome after Achilles tendon repair

Abstract Purpose Healing outcome after Achilles Tendon Rupture (ATR) is variable and unsatisfactory. Many ATR patients still exhibit pain, functional deficits and limitations in walking one-year post-surgery. The present study was designed to investigate the association between the expression of hea...

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Main Authors: Junyu Chen, Joel Svensson, Carl-Johan Sundberg, Aisha Siddiqah Ahmed, Paul W. Ackermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40634-021-00335-0