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2308-3840 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Orthopedics |
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Systematic Reviews |
| Article Title |
Low return to play and performance in national football league athletes after Achilles tendon rupture: A systematic review
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Invited Manuscript |
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James J Butler, Davis Hedbany, Charles C Lin, Luilly Vargas, Matthew T Kingery, Nathaniel P Mercer, Bradley A Lezak, Alexander Tham, Jared Rubin and John G Kennedy |
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| Corresponding Author |
James J Butler, Research Fellow, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Royal College Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen‘s Green, Dublin 18, Ireland. jamesjbutler@rcsi.ie |
| Key Words |
National football league; Acute Achilles tendon rupture; Return to play; Player performance; Career longevity; Professional athletes; Athletic injuries; Tendon injury outcomes; Systematic review; American football |
| Core Tip |
This systematic review investigates outcomes following acute Achilles tendon rupture (AATR) in national football league athletes. AATR is a serious injury associated with a 66.2% return-to-play rate and significant post-injury performance decline, regardless of player position. The review highlights decreased career longevity, positional variability in outcomes, and the potential impact of inactivity periods – such as during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic – on injury risk. These findings underscore the career-threatening nature of AATR in elite-level athletes. |
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2026-03-10 06:59 |
| Citation |
Butler JJ, Hedbany D, Lin CC, Vargas L, Kingery MT, Mercer NP, Lezak BA, Tham A, Rubin J, Kennedy JG. Low return to play and performance in national football league athletes after Achilles tendon rupture: A systematic review. World J Meta-Anal 2026; 14(1): 111108 |
| URL |
https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/full/v14/i1/111108.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.13105/wjma.v14.i1.111108 |
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