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7955678

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
308
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty five patients, most of them athletes, with chronic Achilles tendinopathy were enrolled in a study of tendon blood flow using laser Doppler flowmetry at rest and during physical provocation by passive stretch and contraction of the triceps. The patients were compared with a group of 40 healthy volunteers assessed according to a similar protocol in a previous study. In both groups values were significantly lower at the distal insertion, but otherwise the values were evenly distributed throughout the tendon. Blood flow in the symptomatic tendons was significantly elevated as compared with the controls. Both groups demonstrated a similar vascular response to physical loading, a progressive decline in blood flow as tension increased. Contrary to popular belief chronic Achilles tendinopathy is associated with an increased blood flow of uncertain origin. A local deficiency in tendon blood supply does not initiate the lesion nor does it explain why the condition persists.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
166-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Blood flow in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö General Hospital, Lund University, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't