Diabetes and treatment with orally administrated corticosteroids negatively affect treatment outcome at follow-up after acute Achilles tendon rupture.

Purpose: Studies investigating the influence of comorbidities on patient-reported outcomes after acute Achilles tendon ruptures (ATR) are lacking. In this study, the aim was to investigate the effect of comorbidity and medical treatment on the patient-reported outcome measure Achilles tendon total rupture score (ATRS).

Methods: The study was performed as a registry study from the Danish Achilles tendon Database (DADB).

Outcome after acute Achilles tendon rupture is not negatively affected by female sex and age over 65 years.

Purpose: Studies suggest that women have worse treatment outcome than men after acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR). The aim of this study was to investigate if sex and age affect treatment outcome after ATR.

Methods: The study was performed as a registry study in the Danish Achilles tendon Database.