Plaster cast versus functional bracing for Achilles tendon rupture: the UKSTAR RCT

Costa, Matthew L; Achten, Juul; Wagland, Susan; Marian, Ioana R; Maredza, Mandy; Schlüssel, Michael Maia; Liew, Anna S; Parsons, Nick R; Dutton, Susan J; Kearney, Rebecca S; Lamb, Sarah E; Ollivere, Benjamin; Petrou, Stavros

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This trial showed that early weight-bearing in a functional brace provides similar outcomes to traditional plaster casting at 9 months and is a safe treatment for an Achilles tendon rupture.

Matthew L Costa , Juul Achten , Susan Wagland , Ioana R Marian , Mandy Maredza , Michael Maia Schlüssel , Anna S Liew , Nick R Parsons , Susan J Dutton , Rebecca S Kearney , Sarah E Lamb , Benjamin Ollivere & Stavros Petrou .

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Matthew L Costa ^1,^*, Juul Achten ¹, Susan Wagland ¹, Ioana R Marian ¹, Mandy Maredza ², Michael Maia Schlüssel ¹, Anna S Liew ¹, Nick R Parsons ³, Susan J Dutton ¹, Rebecca S Kearney ², Sarah E Lamb ^1,⁴, Benjamin Ollivere ⁵, Stavros Petrou ^2,⁶

¹ Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
² Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
³ Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
⁴ College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
⁵ Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, School of Medicine, Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
⁶ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: matthew.costa@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

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