The value of power doppler ultrasonography in achilles tendinopathy: A prospective study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1696-1701

  De Vos, Robert Jan ^a   Weir, Adam ^a   Cobben, Lodewijk P J ^a   Tol, Johannes L ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles; Eccentric; Neovascularization; Power Doppler ultrasound; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34748906085     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507303116     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Alfredson H. Chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy: an update on research and treatment. Clin Sports Med. 2003 ; 22: 727-741.
2. Alfredson H. Conservative management of Achilles tendinopathy: new ideas. Foot Ankle Clin. 2005 ; 10: 321-329.
3. Alfredson H., Öhberg L. Increased intratendinous vascularity in the early period after sclerosing injection treatment in Achilles tendinosis: a healing response? Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2006 ; 14: 399-401.
4. Alfredson H., Öhberg L. Sclerosing injections to areas of neo-vascularisation reduce pain in chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a double-blind randomised controlled trial. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2005 ; 13: 338-344.
5. Alfredson H., Pietila T., Jonsson P., Lorentzon R. Heavy-load eccentric calf muscle training for the treatment of chronic Achilles tendinosis. Am J Sports Med. 1998 ; 26: 360-366.
6. Bleakney RR, White LM Imaging of the Achilles tendon. Foot Ankle Clin. 2005 ; 10: 239-254.
7. Boesen MI, Boesen A., Koenig MJ, Bliddal H., Torp-Pedersen S. Ultrasonographic investigation of the Achilles tendon in elite badminton players using color Doppler. Am J Sports Med. 2006 ; 34: 2013-2021.
8. Boesen MI, Koenig MJ, Torp-Pedersen S, Bliddal H, Langberg H. Tendinopathy and Doppler activity: the vascular response of the Achilles tendon to exercise. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2006 ; 16: 463-469.
9. de Vos RJ, Weir A., Visser RJ, de Winter TC, Tol JL The additional value of a night splint to eccentric exercises in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2006 Dec 18. [Epub ahead of print]
10. Kingma JJ, de Knikker R., Wittink HW, Takken T. Eccentric overload training in patients with a chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review. Br J Sports Med. 2006 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print]
11. Lind B., Öhberg L., Alfredson H. Sclerosing polidocanol injections in mid-portion Achilles tendinosis: remaining good clinical results and decreased tendon thickness at 2-year follow-up. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2006 ; 14: 1327-1332.
12. Maffulli N., Wong J., Almekinders LC Types and epidemiology of tendinopathy. Clin Sports Med. 2003 ; 22: 675-692.
13. Öhberg L., Alfredson H. Ultrasound guided sclerosis of neovessels in painful chronic Achilles tendinosis: pilot study of a new treatment. Br J Sports Med. 2002 ; 36: 173-177.
14. Öhberg L., Lorentzon R., Alfredson H. Eccentric training in patients with chronic Achilles tendinosis: normalised tendon structure and decreased thickness at follow up. Br J Sports Med. 2004 ; 38: 8-11.
15. Öhberg L., Lorentzon R., Alfredson H. Neovascularisation in Achilles tendons with painful tendinosis but not in normal tendons: an ultrasonographic investigation. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2001 ; 9: 233-238.
16. Paavola M., Jarvinen TA Paratendinopathy. Foot Ankle Clin. 2005 ; 10: 279-292.
17. Peers KH, Brys PP, Lysens RJ Correlation between power Doppler ultrasonography and clinical severity in Achilles tendinopathy. Int Orthop. 2003 ; 27: 180-183.
18. Reiter M., Ulreich N., Dirisamer A., Tscholakoff D., Bucek RA Colour and power Doppler sonography in symptomatic Achilles tendon disease. Int J Sports Med. 2004 ; 25: 301-305.
19. Robinson JM, Cook JL, Purdam C., et al. The VISA-A questionnaire: a valid and reliable index of the clinical severity of Achilles tendinopathy. Br J Sports Med. 2001 ; 35: 335-341.
20. Schepsis AA, Jones H., Haas AL Achilles tendon disorders in athletes. Am J Sports Med. 2002 ; 30: 287-305.
21. Zanetti M., Metzdorf A., Kundert HP, et al. Achilles tendons: clinical relevance of neovascularization diagnosed with power Doppler US. Radiology. 2003 ; 227: 556-560.