Triceps Surae Injuries
Grade 1 (mild) Sharp pain in the posterior aspect of the leg at the time of injury or with activity May be able to continue activity Mild pain, spasm, and…
Medial and Lateral Epicondylitis
© ISAKOS 2017Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d’Hooghe and Kenneth J. Hunt (eds.)Muscle and Tendon Injuries10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_21 21. Medial and Lateral Epicondylitis L. A. Pederzini1 and F. Di Palma1 (1) Orthopaedic and Arthroscopic Department, New Sassuolo Hospital, via F. Ruini, 2, 41049 Sassuolo,…
Use of Nutraceuticals for Tendinopathies
© ISAKOS 2017Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d’Hooghe and Kenneth J. Hunt (eds.)Muscle and Tendon Injuries10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_16 16. Use of Nutraceuticals for Tendinopathies Marco Antônio Percope de Andrade1, 2 , Guilherme Moreira de Abreu-e-Silva1 and Túlio Vinícius Oliveira de Campos1 (1) Orthopaedic Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte,…
New Strategies for Muscular Repair and Regeneration
Fig. 14.1 The phases of muscle healing are almost the same in all muscle injuries after indirect trauma, but the functional recovery changes, and it is almost always incomplete for…
Why the Tendon Tears and Doesn’t Like to Heal
© ISAKOS 2017Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d’Hooghe and Kenneth J. Hunt (eds.)Muscle and Tendon Injuries10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_11 11. Why the Tendon Tears and Doesn’t Like to Heal Pietro Simone Randelli1, 2 , Luca Pulici1, 2, Nicolò Cosmelli1, 2 and Alessandra Menon2 (1) Department of…
Prevention of Musculotendinous Pathologies
© ISAKOS 2017Gian Luigi Canata, Pieter d’Hooghe and Kenneth J. Hunt (eds.)Muscle and Tendon Injuries10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_10 10. Prevention of Musculotendinous Pathologies Peter Myers1 , Joanne Bullock-Saxton2 and John Fitzgerald2 (1) Brisbane Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, Brisbane, Australia (2) Active Rehabilitation…
Classification of Muscle Lesions
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…
Tendon Healing
(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…
Pathophysiology of Tendinopathy
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…
Muscle-Tendon Junction Injury
© 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…
