Microcirculation after Achilles tendon rupture correlates with functional and patient-reported outcome Running head : Blood flow may predict tendon healing potential
Microcirculation after Achilles tendon rupture correlates with functional and patient-reported outcome Running head : Blood flow may predict tendon healing potential
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跟腱断裂后的微循环与功能和患者报告的结果相关 跑步头:血流量可以预测肌腱愈合潜力
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2017
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P. Ackermann
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Praxitelis Praxitelous;G. Edman;P. Ackermann
Introduction: Patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) display an extended healing process with varying clinical outcome. Poor microcirculatory blood flow has been suggested to be a significant factor for the healing process. However, whether microcirculation may predict healing outcome has been mostly unknown. Therefore, we investigated if blood flow in the Achilles tendon may be associated with patientreported and functional outcomes after ATR. Methods: In vivo laser Doppler flowmetry was used to assess microvascular blood flow bilateral in the Achilles tendons, during post-occlusive reactive hyperemia, of nine patients with acute total ATR at two weeks post-operatively. At three months post-operatively, patient-reported outcome was assessed using Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS). At one year a uniform outcome score, Achilles Combined Outcome Score (ACOS), was obtained by combining validated, independent, patientreported (ATRS) and functional outcome (heel-rise test) measures. Results: An improved combined patient-reported and functional outcome, ACOS, at one year was significantly correlated with higher maximum blood flow (r= 0.777, p= A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. 0.040) in the injured limb. Furthermore, enhanced patient-reported outcome, ATRS, at three months, was associated with an elevated ratio of maximum to resting blood flow (r= 0.809, p= 0.015) in the uninjured limb. Conclusion: Blood flow in early tendon healing is associated with long-term patientreported and functional outcomes after ATR. The microcirculatory blood-flow of both the healing and contralateral Achilles tendon seems to determine the healing potential after injury.