Enthesopathy at the superior or inferior surface of a calcaneus may be seen in normal individuals having degenerative osteoarthrosis. This condition is also known to occur in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, trauma, as well as inflammatory and metabolic diseases. Enthesopathy may sometimes be the first manifestation of a variety of rheumatic diseases. In thi...

Pal R, Bhansali A. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220920 Description A 42-year-old man presented with lower limb bowing since childhood along with low backache and proximal muscle weakness for 8 years. He had strong family history of similar complaints in his elder brother, younger sister and daughter. Examination revealed loss of teeth and genu varum. Investigations showed corrected s...

BACKGROUND To our knowledge, the correlation between ultrasonographic enthesopathy and severity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been done before. However, the correlation between ultrasonography of enthesopathy and the Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score (PASDAS) have not been done. AIM To compare the results of ultrasonographic enthesopathy of foot and PASDAS in PsA. MATERIALS AND ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the transition with time of enthesopathy and the effect of guided stretching, in order to search for the possibility of physical intervention to prevent sports injury during the growth period. The subjects were 81 male soccer players who played in the extramural soccer team. They were divided into two groups: 13 who had experienced enthesopathy problems ...

Overload syndromes are caused by repetitive microtrauma, and the knee joint is most frequently affected in adolescents. The reason for this is that the knee joint is engaged in almost all sports activities. Pathologies related to the anterior aspect of the knee are: femoropatellar pain, jumper's knee syndromes, Osgood-Schlatter disease, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome and patellar stress frac...

INTRODUCTION Quadriceps rupture is a disabling injury mostly seen in men over 40 years of age. Bilateral quadriceps rupture is a rare injury that is often secondary to predisposing medical conditions. Ultrasound is a cheap and reliable tool for diagnosis but is operator dependent. Thus, magnetic resonance imaging is the preferred method of investigation despite its cost and availability. Prompt...

OBJECTIVE To describe the radiographic, ultrasonographic, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and arthroscopic findings in eight dogs with elbow lameness caused by primary flexor enthesopathy. STUDY DESIGN Clinical study. ANIMALS Eight client-owned dogs. METHODS In all dogs, lameness was localized to the elbow by clinical examination. Radiographic examination, ultr...