{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,30]],"date-time":"2026-09-30T19:17:24Z","timestamp":1790795844043,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":26,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"5","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]],"date-time":"2022-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1656633600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]],"date-time":"2022-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1656633600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Foot and Ankle Surgery"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,2]],"date-time":"2021-07-02T12:01:07Z","timestamp":1625227267000},"page":"595-602","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Functional outcome of early weight bearing for acute Achilles tendon rupture treated conservatively in a weight-bearing orthosis"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6590-5439","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"R.","family":"Naskar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3963-6383","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"L.","family":"Oliver","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0841-1694","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"P.","family":"Velazquez-Ruta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0179-4845","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"B.","family":"Dhinsa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Southgate","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"April (4)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"510","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.97B4.35314","article-title":"The treatment of a rupture of the Achilles tendon using a dedicated management programme","volume":"97-B","author":"Hutchison","year":"2015","journal-title":"Bone Joint J"},{"issue":"June (3)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"277","DOI":"10.3109\/17453679608994688","article-title":"Incidence of Achilles tendon rupture","volume":"67","author":"Leppilahti","year":"1996","journal-title":"Acta Orthop Scand"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"932","DOI":"10.1177\/107110070502601106","article-title":"The incidence of Achilles tendon ruptures in Edmonton, Canada","volume":"26","author":"Suchak","year":"2005","journal-title":"Jomha N Foot Ankle Int"},{"issue":"October (10)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0020","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2419","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546514540599","article-title":"Acute Achilles tendon ruptures: incidence of injury and surgery in Sweden between 2001 and 2012","volume":"42","author":"Huttunen","year":"2014","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med"},{"issue":"January (1)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"78","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.99B1.BJJ-2016-0434.R1","article-title":"The epidemiology and trends in management of acute Achilles tendon ruptures in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study of 27 607 patients","volume":"99-B","author":"Sheth","year":"2017","journal-title":"Bone Joint J"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0030","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD003674.pub2","article-title":"Interventions for treating acute Achilles tendon ruptures","author":"Khan","year":"2004","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"issue":"October (10)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0035","first-page":"2202","article-title":"Treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures. A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials","volume":"87","author":"Khan","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"issue":"October (10)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0040","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1362","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.93B10.26187","article-title":"The non-operative functional management of patients with a rupture of the tendo Achillis leads to low rates of re-rupture","volume":"93","author":"Wallace","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"issue":"June (6)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0045","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1198","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-200406000-00011","article-title":"Combined conservative and orthotic management of acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon","volume":"86","author":"Wallace","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"issue":"June (6)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0050","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1807","DOI":"10.1007\/s00167-016-4270-3","article-title":"Functional weight-bearing mobilization after Achilles tendon rupture enhances early healing response: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial","volume":"25","author":"Valkering","year":"2017","journal-title":"Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc"},{"issue":"February (1)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0055","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1","DOI":"10.1111\/sms.12415","article-title":"Achilles tendon rupture\u2014treatment and complications: a systematic review","volume":"25","author":"Holm","year":"2015","journal-title":"Scand J Med Sci Sports"},{"issue":"April (4)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0060","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"995","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2019.03.007","article-title":"Non-operative functional treatment for acute Achilles tendon ruptures: the Leicester Achilles Management Protocol (LAMP)","volume":"50","author":"Aujla","year":"2019","journal-title":"Injury"},{"issue":"September\u2013October (5)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0065","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"960","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jfas.2017.06.017","article-title":"Early protected weightbearing for acute ruptures of the achilles tendon: do commonly used orthoses produce the required equinus?","volume":"56","author":"Ellison","year":"2017","journal-title":"J Foot Ankle Surg"},{"issue":"October (19)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0070","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1281","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2017-099002","article-title":"Achilles tendon rupture: the evaluation and outcome of percutaneous and minimally invasive repair","volume":"52","author":"Carmont","year":"2018","journal-title":"Br J Sports Med"},{"issue":"March (3)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0075","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"781","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2017.01.018","article-title":"Outcome following use of the Achillon jig for the repair of acutely ruptured Achilles tendons","volume":"48","author":"Davies","year":"2017","journal-title":"Injury"},{"issue":"August (8)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0080","first-page":"e1053","article-title":"Outcomes of functional weight-bearing rehabilitation of Achilles tendon ruptures","volume":"36","author":"Jackson","year":"2013","journal-title":"Orthopedics"},{"issue":"January (2)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0085","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"85","DOI":"10.2106\/JBJS.O.00496","article-title":"Augmented compared with nonaugmented surgical repair after total achilles rupture: results of a prospective randomized trial with thirteen or more years of follow-up","volume":"98","author":"Heikkinen","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"issue":"September (9)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0090","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2302","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546515591267","article-title":"Early functional treatment versus cast immobilization in tension after achilles rupture repair: results of a prospective randomized trial with 10 or more years of follow-up","volume":"43","author":"Lantto","year":"2015","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med"},{"issue":"August (8)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0095","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1071","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.93B8.25998","article-title":"Operative versus non-operative treatment of acute rupture of tendo Achillis: a prospective randomised evaluation of functional outcome","volume":"93","author":"Keating","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Br"},{"issue":"March (3)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0100","article-title":"Age and tightness of repair are predictors of heel-rise height after Achilles tendon rupture","volume":"8","author":"Carmont","year":"2020","journal-title":"Orthop J Sports Med"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0105","first-page":"119","article-title":"Functional dynamic bracing and functional rehabilitation for Achilles tendon ruptures: a case series","volume":"37","author":"Dolphin","year":"2016","journal-title":"Physiother Pract Res"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0110","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"24","DOI":"10.1186\/1477-7525-10-24","article-title":"The Achilles tendon total rupture score: a study of responsiveness, internal consistency and convergent validity on patients with acute Achilles tendon ruptures","volume":"10","author":"Kearney","year":"2012","journal-title":"Health Qual Life Outcomes"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0115","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"k5120","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.k5120","article-title":"Operative treatment versus nonoperative treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures: systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"364","author":"Ochen","year":"2019","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"issue":"February (10222)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0120","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"441","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(19)32942-3","article-title":"Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation","volume":"395","author":"Costa","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"issue":"July (7)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0125","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"933","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.102B7.BJJ-2019-0783.R3","article-title":"Operative repair of acute Achilles tendon rupture does not give superior patient-reported outcomes to nonoperative management","volume":"102-B","author":"Maempel","year":"2020","journal-title":"Bone Joint J"},{"issue":"December (12)","key":"10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008_bib0130","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1331","DOI":"10.1177\/1071100717728687","article-title":"Functional outcome of acute Achilles tendon rupture with and without operative treatment using identical functional bracing protocol","volume":"38","author":"Lim","year":"2017","journal-title":"Foot Ankle Int"}],"container-title":["Foot and Ankle Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S1268773121001387?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S1268773121001387?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,22]],"date-time":"2025-10-22T11:09:39Z","timestamp":1761131379000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S1268773121001387"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"references-count":26,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]}},"alternative-id":["S1268773121001387"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008","relation":{},"ISSN":["1268-7731"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1268-7731","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Functional outcome of early weight bearing for acute Achilles tendon rupture treated conservatively in a weight-bearing orthosis","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Foot and Ankle Surgery","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.fas.2021.06.008","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2021 European Foot and Ankle Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}