keele.ac.uk Achilles tendinopathy is prevalent and potentially incapacitating in athletes involved in running sports. It is a degenerative, not an inflammatory, condition. Most patients respond to ...

Biopsies from patients with Achilles tendinopathy were collected from 7 female and ... During the past 20 years, tendon disease has been characterised as a ‘degenerative’ process devoid of ...

MR was superior in the detection of incomplete tendon rupture and in the evaluation of various stages of chronic degenerative changes. We conclude that only if US remains unclear, an additional MR ...