40
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
November 30, 2018
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2019
Early loading on a training pedal
The patients will perform early loading by using a special training pedal for 5 weeks, starting 2 weeks after the rupture. The patients will remove the walker and train twice a day on this pedal.
Tendon strain exercises
The patients will perform tendon strain exercises 3 times each day from 2 weeks after the rupture.
Early weight bearing
The patients are allowed to bear weight as much as tolerated in the walker from day 1.
University Hospital Linkoeping, Linköping
University Hospital, Linkoeping
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Linkoeping University
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