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Correspondence to Dr Robert-Jan de Vos, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands; r.devos{at}erasmusmc.nl Achilles ...

This week we are going to divest from the topic of rheumatology to a specific tendon pathology in the ankle and foot, that of Achilles tendinitis and tendinosis. Achilles tendinitis is an inflammation ...

Objective To assess whether there is a difference in symptom severity at baseline and 24 weeks follow-up between conservatively managed patients with Achilles tendinopathy (AT) with low socioeconomic ...

I had horrible tightness in my Achilles, and my doctor called it tendonitis. He told me to wear heel cups which I bought from Dr. Scholl’s. The pain never went away. Eventually I found myo-fascial ...

Many runners are familiar with the burning sensation that accompanies Achilles tendinopathy. What starts as a dull ache soon grows into a fiery pain, quickly evaporating any chance of a successful ...

The high prevalence among runners points to mechanical loading as an important etiologic factor.2 In vitro and in vivo research suggests that periods of mechanical overuse result in subclinical ...

Chronic tendon issues are a frequent source of pain and can limit activity. They become more common with age, weight and certain activities, and early and appropriate diagnosis by a doctor is critical ...

University of Delaware assistant professor Karin Grävare Silbernagel (Physical Therapy) received a five-year, $2.3 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institute of Arthritis and ...

The name Achilles is said to be a combination of two Greek words that together mean “grief of the people.” The injury that bears that hero’s name, in honor of his only weakness, certainly aggrieves ...

Achilles—a name with which we are all familiar, was one of the most competent heroes of the Trojan War. According to Greek mythology when Achilles was an infant, his mother dipped him in the River ...