Equine flexor tendon imaging part 1: Recent developments in ultrasonography, with focus on the superficial digital flexor tendon

A Ehrle, S Lilge, PD Clegg, TW Maddox - The Veterinary Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Flexor tendon injuries are a major cause of lameness in performance horses and have
considerable impact on equine welfare and the wider horse industry. Ageing and repetitive …

Explaining variability in the prevalence of Achilles tendon abnormalities: a systematic review with meta-analysis of imaging studies in asymptomatic individuals

SI Docking, HF Hart, E Rio, MC Hannington… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2021 - jospt.org
Objective To estimate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, Achilles tendon
abnormalities observed on imaging in asymptomatic individuals. Design Systematic review …

An automated method for tendon image segmentation on ultrasound using grey-level co-occurrence matrix features and hidden Gaussian Markov random fields

I Scott, D Connell, D Moulton, S Waters… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background: Despite knowledge of qualitative changes that occur on ultrasound in
tendinopathy, there is currently no objective and reliable means to quantify the severity or …

Isometric exercises do not provide immediate pain relief in Achilles tendinopathy: A quasi‐randomized clinical trial

AC Van der Vlist, PLJ van Veldhoven… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Isometric exercises may provide an immediate analgesic effect in patients with
lower‐limb tendinopathy and have been proposed as initial treatment and for immediate …

No treatment benefits of local administration of insulin-like growth factor-1 in addition to heavy slow resistance training in tendinopathic human patellar tendons: A …

JL Olesen, M Hansen… - … American journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Heavy slow resistance (HSR) training is currently recommended as part of the
treatment of patellar tendon tendinopathy. However, treatment success is not reached in all …

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous neuromodulation in patients with chronic lateral epicondylalgia: A pilot randomized clinical trial

B De-la-Cruz-Torres, V Abuín-Porras… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Objective: The aim was to analyze effects of a percutaneous neuromodulation (PNM)
treatment on the radial nerve, regarding pain, functionality, electrophysiologic excitability …

Inter‐and intra‐rater reliability of ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) in patellar tendons

M van Ark, LM Rabello, D Hoevenaars… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) is used in research and clinical practice to
quantify tendon structure of the patellar tendon. This is the first study to investigate the inter …

Intra‐and Inter‐Rater Reliability of Processing Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Scans in Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy

MA Paantjens, PH Helmhout… - Translational Sports …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. Ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) is used to visualize and quantify the
Achilles tendon structure. We investigated the intra‐rater and inter‐rater reliability of UTC for …

Runners with mid‐portion Achilles tendinopathy have greater triceps surae intracortical inhibition than healthy controls

GL Fernandes, LBR Orssatto, AJ Shield… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aimed to investigate short‐interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and
muscle function in the triceps surae of runners with mid‐portion Achilles tendinopathy (AT) …

Substantiating the use of ultrasound tissue characterization in the analysis of tendon structure: a systematic review

LM Rabello, OC Dams… - Clinical Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the role of ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) in predicting,
diagnosing, and monitoring tendon structure and/or tendinopathy. In addition, this study …