ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2021
Ultrasound and surgical inspection of plantaris tendon involvement in chronic painful insertional Achilles tendinopathy: a case series.
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- Ultrasound- and Colour Doppler-Guided WALANT Surgery for Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Prospective Case Series on 53 Consecutive Patients.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Female Tendons are from Venus and Male Tendons are from Mars, But Does it Matter for Tendon Health?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Tendinopathic Plantaris but Normal Achilles Tendon Found in About One-Fifth of Patients Not Responding to Conservative Achilles Tendon Management - Results from a Prospective WALANT Surgical Case Series on 105 Tendons.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Ultrasonography- and Doppler-Guided Surgical Treatment for Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: Results From a Case Series in a Southern Sweden County Hospital.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Achilles Scraping and Plantaris Tendon Removal Improves Pain and Tendon Structure in Patients with Mid-Portion Achilles Tendinopathy-A 24 Month Follow-Up Case Series.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Differences at the Achilles Insertion Between Adults with Insertional and Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy as Observed Using Ultrasound.Muscles, ligaments and tendons journalArticle
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Abstract
objectivesChronic painful insertional Achilles tendinopathy is known to be difficult to manage. The diagnosis is not always easy because multiple different tissues can be involved. The plantaris tendon has recently been described to frequently be involved in chronic painful mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy. This study aimed to evaluate possible plantaris tendon involvement in patients with chronic painful insertional Achilles tendinopathy.
methodsNinety-nine consecutive patients (74 males, 25 females) with a mean age of 40 years (range 24-64) who were surgically treated for insertional Achilles tendinopathy, were included. Clinical examination, ultrasound (US)+Doppler examination, and surgical findings were used to evaluate plantaris tendon involvement.
resultsIn 48/99 patients, there were clinical symptoms of plantaris tendon involvement with pain and tenderness located medially at the Achilles tendon insertion. In all these cases, surgical findings showed a thick and wide plantaris tendon together with a richly vascularised fatty infiltration between the plantaris and Achilles tendon. US examination suspected plantaris involvement in 32/48 patients.
conclusionPlantaris tendon involvement can potentially be part of the pathology in chronic painful insertional Achilles tendinopathy and should be considered for diagnosis and treatment when there is distinct and focal medial pain and tenderness. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV case series.
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