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ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Prevalence of Coexistent Plantaris Tendon Pathology in Patients with Mid-Portion Achilles Pathology: A Retrospective MRI Study.

Sachin Khullar, Prasanna Gamage, Peter Malliaras, Leesa Huguenin, Ashutosh Prakash, David Connell

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Article in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Sachin KhullarAustralasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Melbourne 3000, Australia. skhullar@mpsportsphysicians.com.au.
Prasanna GamageAustralian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup 6027, Australia. jpgamage@yahoo.com.
Peter MalliarasDepartment of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Melbourne 3199, Australia. peter.malliaras@monash.edu.
Leesa HugueninAustralasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Melbourne 3000, Australia. leesakym@gmail.com.
Ashutosh PrakashImaging @ Olympic Park, Melbourne 3004, Australia. drashutoshprakash@gmail.com.
David ConnellImaging @ Olympic Park, Melbourne 3004, Australia. davidconnellrad@googlemail.com.

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Abstract

Co-existence of Plantaris tendinopathy (PT) in patients with mid-Achilles tendinopathy (Mid-AT) is of clinical significance. This study aims to describe the MRI-based pathological characteristics of co-existing PT and Mid-AT. One-hundred MRI studies of patients diagnosed with Mid-AT were retrospectively analysed by an experienced musculoskeletal radiologist. Presence or absence of a Plantaris tendon, co-existing PT with Mid-AT, insertional characteristics of Plantaris tendon, and maximum anteroposterior thickness of the tendon in Mid-AT (axial images) were evaluated. When PT co-existed with Mid-AT, the location of the tendon pathologies in relation to calcaneal insertion was assessed (sagittal images) and their association was analysed using the coefficient of variation (CV) and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Plantaris was present in 84 cases (84%), and Mid-AT and PT co-existed in 10 cases (10%). A greater variability in the location of Plantaris pathology (CV = 42%) than Achilles tendinopathy (CV = 42%) was observed. The correlation coefficient also revealed a low and non-significant association between the location of two pathologies when they exist together (r = +0.06;

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Achillesmid-portionPlantaristendinopathy

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