Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Orthop. Nov 18, 2016; 7(11): 746-751
Published online Nov 18, 2016. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v7.i11.746
Return to physical activity after gastrocnemius recession
Camelia Tang Qian Ying, Sean Lai Wei Hong, Bing Howe Lee, Gowreeson Thevendran
Camelia Tang Qian Ying, Sean Lai Wei Hong, Bing Howe Lee, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
Gowreeson Thevendran, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433, Singapore
Author contributions: Tang Qian Ying C, Lai Wei Hong S, Lee BH and Thevendran G jointly designed and performed the research, analysed the data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved for publication by the institutional reviewer.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Camelia Tang Qian Ying, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, NUHS Tower Block, Level 11, Singapore 117597, Singapore. camelia.cam.93@gmail.com
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Received: July 18, 2016
Peer-review started: July 21, 2016
First decision: August 5, 2016
Revised: August 18, 2016
Accepted: September 7, 2016
Article in press: September 8, 2016
Published online: November 18, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: Whilst the biomechanical advantage of surgical off-loading from gastrocnemius recession is well proven, the potential for weak push-off strength post-operatively continues to be debated. We are not aware of any published literature investigating the impact of the gastrocnemius recession procedure on the ability to return to physical activity. This study aims to investigate the hypothesis that the majority of patients will be unable to return to their pre-operative level of physical activity after a gastrocnemius recession procedure.