Surgically repaired Achilles tendon ruptures with postoperative mobile ankle cast: a 12‐month follow‐up study with an isokinetic and a dynamic muscle function test

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Abstract
Seventeen patients (15 men and 2 women) with surgically repaired Achilles tendon ruptures had a mobile cast applied for 6 weeks after the operation that allowed free ankle joint motion. A 12‐month follow‐up study was performed, with measurements of isokinetic muscle torque in a modified Cybex II dynamometer and a dynamic heel‐raise test of muscle fatigue. A majority of the patients were weaker on the treated side in both the isokinetic and the heel‐raise tests. The isokinetic plantar flexion torque showed larger differences at an angular velocity of 12°/s than at 90°/s. Seven of the patients in the heel‐raise test showed considerable differences between the treated and untreated sides, but our analysis could not explain this with any Certainty.

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