This soleus muscle may get less glory than the gastrocnemius—but it’s actually way more powerful. Here’s how to strengthen it ...

UC Davis Health molecular exercise physiologist Keith Baar specializes in sports medicine. He studies the effects of exercise on bone, muscle and tendon health.

Methods The Achilles insertion of outpatients with PsA was examined by clinical assessment of tenderness and US evaluation of (1) inflammatory activity (defined as the presence of power Doppler signal ...

The inclusion criteria were randomised controlled trials that included patients with midportion Achilles ... exercise was administered as monotherapy; included at least a control group. We excluded ...

The peroneal tendons are the tendons that connect the muscles of the outer side of the lower leg to the foot. These tendons may be affected by inflammation (tendonitis) or tears. Learn more about ...

Objective To assess the effectiveness of heavy eccentric calf training (HECT) in comparison with natural history, traditional physiotherapy, sham interventions or other exercise interventions for ...

Ultrasonography (US) is used to visualise tendon structure. However, its capacity to detect early disintegration, to reproducibly monitor progress of pathology or repair, and to objectively evaluate ...

Objectives Although exercise is considered ... of techniques and the tendon location. Results Twenty-one studies were included. Fourteen studies used an indirect methodology based on inverse dynamics, ...

ABOUT twenty years ago, a new procedure for lengthening the Achilles tendon was first employed. It is known as triple hemisection. Dr. Michael Hoke, who is believed to have been the first to use ...

The Alfredson protocol is a treatment for Achilles tendonitis that involves repeated eccentric heel drop exercises. In this exercise, the heel is slowly lowered off a step while the toes stay on the ...

Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, occurs when a person strains the tendons in their forearm. Before trying these exercises, it is best to wait for any swelling to go down.

Introduction Our aim was to investigate changes in Achilles tendon (AT) shear wave velocity (SWV) during the first year after rupture. Additionally, we explored associations between AT SWV and ...