Topic
Ankle
Podcast
Updated
Achilles Tendon Rupture
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Achilles Tendinopathy
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Achilles Tendon Rupture/ Tendinopathy
What are the risk factors for achilles tendon rupture?
Why does it rupture?
How will you assess this patient (Hx an PE)?
How will you investigate? What sign on XR?
What are you looking for in advanced imaging?
How will you manage acutely?
How do you definitively manage ACUTE achilles rupture?
What Conservative Protocol? (“accelerated functional rehab protocol”)
Open techniques?
How do you definitively manage CHRONIC rupture?
Why FHL? How do you harvest the FHL?
What is the histology?
What is the management of chronic achilles tendinopathy?
How does shock wave work?
Effectiveness of eccentric training?
How does tendinoscopy work?