{"id":7161,"date":"2022-11-24T09:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T09:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2022-11-24T09:24:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T09:24:13","slug":"sex-differences-in-patients-recovery-following-an-acute-achilles-tendon-rupture-a-large-cohort-study-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2022\/11\/24\/sex-differences-in-patients-recovery-following-an-acute-achilles-tendon-rupture-a-large-cohort-study-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex differences in patients' recovery following an acute Achilles tendon rupture - a large cohort study (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Type of publication:<\/strong><br \/>\nJournal article<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author(s):<\/strong><br \/>\nLarsson, Elin; Brorsson, Annelie; Carling, Malin; Johansson, Christer; *Carmont, Michael R; Nilsson Helander, Katarina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation:<\/strong><br \/>\nBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, October 2022, 23(1): 913-913.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><br \/>\nIntroduction: The incidence of Achilles tendon ruptures (ATR) has increased over the past few decades. Treatment may be individualised based upon multiple factors including age, pre-injury activity level and the separation of the ruptured tendon ends. Several studies indicate that women may have a poorer self-reported and clinical outcome compared with men, but the number of women in these studies is often small due to the different incidence of ATR between the genders. Aims: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether there is a difference in self-reported outcome after an acute ATR between women and men at one to five years following injury. The second aim was to compare the outcome between the surgically and non-surgically treated patients. Methods: Data were obtained from the medical charts of patients treated for an acute ATR between 1 and 2015 and 31 December 2020 at Sahlgrenska University Hospital\/M\u00f6lndal. The Achilles tendon total rupture score (ATRS) and additional questions relating to treatment and recovery were determined. A multiple regression analysis was performed to isolate the impact of sex when comparing the patient-reported outcome between women and men. Results: A total of 856 patients were included of which 66% participated prospectively. Sex, BMI and age were found to be significant factors influencing the total ATRS score. Female gender resulted in a lower ATRS, 7.8 points (CI\u2009=\u20093.3 to 12.3), than male gender. It was found that treatment did not significantly predict the results of the ATRS. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first report with a larger number of women included showing that female sex predicts inferior self-reported results after an acute ATR.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12891-022-05875-9\">Link to full-text<\/a> [open access - no password required]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altmetrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"altmetric-embed\" data-badge-details=\"right\" data-badge-type=\"medium-donut\" data-pmid=\"36229837\" data-hide-no-mentions=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type of publication: Journal article Author(s): Larsson, Elin; Brorsson, Annelie; Carling, Malin; Johansson, Christer; *Carmont, Michael R; Nilsson Helander, Katarina Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, October 2022, 23(1): 913-913. 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