Imaging grading MRI finding US findings I (strain) Less than 5% of fibre disruption; feathery oedema-like pattern, intramuscular high signal on the fluid-sensitive sequences Normal appearance, focal or general increased…
(1) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3200 South Water, St. Pittsburgh, 15203, PA, USA 4.1 Introduction The healing process following tendon injury is governed by a plethora of biomechanical…
Tendon Site of tendinopathy Loading factors Age/sex Achilles Achilles insertion or mid-portion Distance running, change of direction (combined tensile and compressive load at the calcaneus) Men—elite and recreational (Jarvinen et…
© ISAKOS 2017Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d’Hooghe and Kenneth J. Hunt (eds.)Muscle and Tendon Injuries10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_5 5. Muscle-Tendon Junction Injury William E. GarrettJr1 and Mallory S. Faherty2 (1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA (2) Michael W. Krzyzewski…
Fig. 23.1 Increase in calcaneal inclination (X-ray) angle Fig. 23.2 Increase in calcaneal inclination angle (clinical) Fig. 23.3 Calcaneal varus (X-ray) Fig. 23.4 Bilateral calcaneal varus (clinical) Fig. 23.5 Metatarsus…
Fig. 28.1 Ankle fracture malunions often lead to posttraumatic arthritis as shown in this radiograph with medial malleolar malreduction allowing lateral subluxation of the talus Injury of the distal tibiofibular…
Clinical findings Radiographic findings Hypermobility first ray (benign hypermobile joint syndrome) Increased obliquity of the first metatarsal cuneiform joint Diffuse callus sub-second Intercuneiform split Metatarsalgia Thickening of cortex second metatarsal…
Fig. 12.1 (a) Case courtesy of Margo Jimenez preoperative X-ray of HAV deformity. (b) Five days post-op with good reduction of the intermetatarsal angle, the metatarsal head well aligned on top…
Fig. 13.1 (a, b) Radiographs of multi-planar nonunion Fig. 13.2 (a, b) Clinical example of a dorsiflexed malunion . (c) Lateral radiograph of a dorsiflexed malunion A plantar flexed arthrodesis…
Fig. 24.1 While the extent of the diseased bone may not be clear in a plain X-ray, it may be clear in an MRI Aggressive resection of the necrotic bone…
