The prevalence of Achilles tendon (AT) injury is high in various sports, and AT rupture patients have been reported to have a 200-fold risk of sustaining a contralateral rupture. Tendon adaptation to different exercise modes is not fully understood. The present study investigated the structural properties of the AT in male elite athletes that subject their AT to different exercise modes as well...

Acute Achilles tendon ruptures are common sports injuries; however, treatment remains a clinical challenge. Studies show a superior effect of early mobilization and full weight bearing on tendon healing and clinical outcome; however, few data exist on structural and biomechanical characteristics in the early healing phase. This study investigated the histological and biomechanical characteristi...

Minimally invasive techniques to repair ruptured achilles tendons have been developed to enhance recovery following tendon repair and decrease wound complications associated with open repair. We investigated outcomes of minimally invasive and open repair of acutely ruptured achilles tendons at our institution. We compared all cases of achilles tendon repair at our department, using open techniq...

The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body. It was in 1883 that Pollailon described first surgical intervention inaugurating the era of surgical treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures. "Open surgical" repair appears to be the surest way for ensuring a solid contact of the ends, allowing a satisfactory cicatrization and restoring an optimal length of the tendon from a bio...

A Achilles—the legendary warrior and hero of Homer’s Th e Iliad—died as a result of an arrow that pierced the midportion of his tendon, today’s patient with a painful presentation in this region usually has a good long-term prognosis.1 Nevertheless, runners have a 15 times greater risk of Achilles tendon rupture, and 30 times greater risk of tendinopathy than do sedentary controls.2 Th is chapt...

BACKGROUND Tendon injury is one of the most frequent injuries in sports activities. TENS is a physical agent used in the treatment of pain but its influence on the tendon's healing process is unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of TENS on the healing of partial rupture of the Achilles tendon in rats. METHOD Sixty Wistar rats were submitted to a partial rupture of the Achilles tendo...

The Achilles tendon is the widest tendon of the human body. Achilles tendon belongs to the extrasynovial tendons group and this allows it a faster recovery, thanks to local hematoma from the peritenon, necessary for the scarification. We concluded that in Achilles tendon rupture treatment it is essential to maintain the tendon covering skin integrity, the peritendinous integrity, to maintain th...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on early post-rupture tendon repair in a rat model of Achilles tendon rupture using histological and mechanical evaluation. METHODS An Achilles tendon rupture model was prepared in 90 Wistar rats, which were randomly assigned to EA, manual acupuncture or control groups. Rats in the EA group received EA (pulse width 5 ms; stimulation f...