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 ...

Achilles tendon problems have been a recurring ... he would remove all the damaged parts of my tendon and then do a tendon lengthening procedure. I was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital ...

Achilles tendon length was measured pre- , intra-, and 1 ... With full weightbearing after 4 and weekly wedge removal 5 weeks, the standard group had abrupt tendon lengthening with 15 degrees ...

In 2013, our group published a systematic review of Achilles and patellar tendinopathy rehabilitation programmes.1 Eccentric loading involving slow lengthening muscle contractions was, and among many ...

Because some Achilles tendon ruptures are missed on the initial physical exam, many patients will present late. Although there is no consensus regarding when an acute rupture becomes a chronic or ...

The Achilles tendon is the biggest tendon in the human ... Eccentric exercises means strengthening the muscle while it is lengthening. Being able to do these exercises properly, so it works ...

NEW ORLEANS — Dejounte Murray tore his right Achilles tendon in the team’s 118-116 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday night, ending the Pelicans guard’s season, according to a league source.