ALLMedicine™ Achilles Tendon Injuries Center

Sep 21st, 2020 - The management of Achilles tendon rupture continues to be controversial in the everyday athlete; however, there is strong evidence indicating that surgical intervention is preferred in elite athletes due to the return of greater strength and peak ...

Aug 1st, 2020 - Achilles tendon injuries are a frequent problem in orthopaedic surgery due to their limited healing capacity and the controversy surrounding surgical treatment. In recent years, tissue engineering research has focused on the development of biomate...

Jan 22nd, 2020 - Calf muscle strain and Achilles tendon injuries are common in many sports. For the treatment of muscular and tendinous injuries, one of the newer approaches in sports medicine is capacitive-resistive electric transfer therapy. Our objective was to...

Jan 9th, 2020 - The incidence of Achilles ruptures has been on the rise in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football players, but the career impact of this injury is not fully understood. In this study, we analyzed a large series of Achilles tendon...

Jan 8th, 2020 - Achilles injuries are devastating injuries, especially for competitive athletes. No studies have examined the outcomes of Achilles injuries in NCAA athletes. Therefore, a better characterization and understanding of the epidemiology is crucial. Ac...

Jul 18th, 2016 - Wise Buy, a MedPage Today series, assesses therapies -- new and old -- to determine if the treatment is not only a wise choice, but also a wise buy. Shortly after Tiger Woods announced in 2009 that he had received injections of platelet-rich plasm...