A protocol of water and land based rehabilitation was designed to ... A 17 year old female athlete presented with gradually increasing pain located in the Achilles tendon area of her left foot. The ...

Though the Achilles is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body, the blood supply to the area can decrease by 30% after age 30, and continues to lower with age. This decrease in blood ...

Grey scale ultrasonography is commonly used to investigate Achilles tendon injuries, and has been shown to be a reliable and cost effective method of identifying abnormalities, such as increased ...