In this study, the role of local injection of butyric acid (BA) with autogenous omental graft was evaluated in healing of experimental Achilles tendon injury in rabbits. Nine adult male New Zealand rabbits were anesthetized and a partial thickness tenotomy was created on both hindlimbs. In treated group, omental graft was secured in place using BA soaked polygalactin 910 suture. In control grou...

Background: Reconstructions of acute acromioclavicular (AC) dislocations have been thought to result in superioroutcomes than chronic dislocations. The use of tendon graft in reconstructions has demonstrated favorablebiomechanical properties. To determine whether utilizing tendon graft during repair of acute AC dislocations results insuperior outcomes and lower complication ra...

IntroductIon Rotator cuff injuries are common in all athletic. Of all rotator cuff injuries, the supraspinatus tendon involves mostly. Severe supraspinatus tendon injury may affect the patient’s quality of life. However, supraspinatus tendon injury can be relatively asymptomatic in some cases and may require sonographic examination for diagnosis.[1,2] With continued improvement in shoulder arth...

Image texture analysis techniques have been applied for evaluating tendon injuries in racehorses. Ultrasound images from superficial and deep digital flexor tendons have been characterized and a measure for quantifying injury grade has been proposed. Wavelet-based texture segmentation and classification algorithms have been developed for quantification of the injury grades. Discrete wavelet pac...

19 The cases of 4 Pomeranians with injury of the triceps brachii tendon that underwent surgical 20 treatment were retrospectively reviewed to evaluate some clinical findings including signalment, 21 cause of injury, clinical signs, pattern of injury, surgical technique, external coaptation after 22 operation, complications, and outcomes. While all of the dogs showed non-weight bearing posture o...

Chronic patellar tendon rupture is a rare disabling injury that is technically difficult to repair. The true prevalence of this injury is unknown. Delayed reconstruction of chronic patellar tendon rupture has yielded suboptimal clinical and functional results. Many different surgical methods for reconstruction of chronic patellar tendon injury have been reported. In this report, we present a ca...

[Purpose] We investigated Achilles tendon injury in Kendo players in junior and senior high schools to obtain a possible indicator for preventing an outbreak of Achilles tendon injury and tendonitis, possible risk factors concerning foot function and morphology were extracted. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 60 Kendo players aged 14-18 years from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (33 boys and...

BACKGROUND Tendon injury such as tendinopathy or rupture is common and has multiple etiologies, including both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The genetic influence on susceptibility to tendon injury is not well understood. PURPOSE To analyze the published literature regarding genetic factors associated with tendon injury. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review; Level of evidence, 3. METHODS A s...

Tendons primarily function as contractile force transmitters, but their mechanical properties may change dependent upon their level of mechanical usage. Using an ultrasound-based technique we have assessed tendon mechanical properties in vivo in a number of conditions representing different levels of mechanical usage. Ageing alters tendon mechanical properties; stiffness and modulus were lower ...

Energy storing tendons, such as the human Achilles and equine superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT), are highly prone to injury, the incidence of which increases with ageing. The cellular and molecular mechanisms that result in increased injury in aged tendons are not well established, but are thought to result in altered matrix turnover. However, little attempt has been made to fully charac...