Book section · February 23, 2024
Insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a disorder involving the inflammation and degeneration of the distal Achilles tendon located at the tendinous insertion onto the posterior calcaneus. The incidence has been reported around 4% in the general population a ...
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Book section · June 1, 2021
The Vantage Total Ankle Replacement is one of the newest fixed bearing total ankle replacements on the U.S. market with a mobile bearing prosthesis available in Europe. The design features are unique, and the insertion technique is very specific. Thus far, ...
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Book section · August 10, 2020
This unique book is a practical, “go to” source of comprehensive information on the care of peroneal tendon injuries, accurately illustrating this hot topic with many anatomical drawings of how the anatomy influences the diseases we see ... ...
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Book section · January 1, 2020
Stress fractures of the foot and ankle are a relatively uncommon injury. A delay in diagnosis and improper treatment can cause long-term pain and functional loss. Evaluation of pain in the athlete prompts careful consideration and merits a heightened aware ...
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Book section · January 1, 2020
Of all sports-related injuries treated in the emergency room, basketball accounts for over 34%. Basketball-related injuries are the most common type of sports-related injury in patients under the age of 25 years and second in those aged 25–40 years. The an ...
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Book section · February 8, 2017
Basketball-related injuries are the most common type of sports-related injury in patients under 25-years-old and second in those aged 25-40. According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, basketball accounts for over 28 % of total injurie ...
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Book section · February 8, 2017
Nerve entrapments are an under-appreciated and under-diagnosed cause of many recalcitrant aches and pains in athletes. These entrapments are difficult to diagnose due to the dynamic nature of symptoms. The goal of this chapter is to discuss the etiology, t ...
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Book section · January 1, 2016
In the face of major long-bone fracture, head injury, or life-threatening blunt trauma to the chest or abdomen, injuries to the foot and ankle, particularly if they are closed and not associated with gross deformity, are often missed or simply neglected. I ...
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Book section · January 1, 2016
Fractures of the proximal fifth metatarsal can be divided into three general patterns: avulsion of the tuberosity (type 1), Jones fractures (type 2), and diaphyseal stress fractures (type 3) [1]. Tuberosity fractures can be extra-articular or may involve t ...
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Book section · October 1, 2013
Fractures of the fifth metatarsal base have garnered a significant amount of attention since Sir Robert Jones' classic description of his own such fracture suffered while dancing [10]. Despite numerous publications on the topic, controversy continues to ex ...
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