These constraints were crucial as they allowed us to isolate the role of ankle joint mechanics and focus on what's known as the plantar flexor muscle-tendon dynamics." Through this, Takeshita and ...

Rockets wing Amen Thompson, who turned his left ankle during the fourth quarter of the team’s blowout win over New Orleans on Saturday, will undergo an MRI to assess the severity of the injury ...

Allie, intrigued, follows suit. When they slip off the ankle weights just before starting the workout, they’re thrilled by the resulting zero-gravity sensation. This was neither a stunt for ...

Tendons are cord-like structures that attach muscles to bones. When a specific muscle contracts, the flexor tendons pull on the bones of the fingers or toes, causing them to bend. Flexor tendons ...

Imaging was used to define tendon structure in 14 studies—7 used ultrasound, 2 used MRI, 1 used CT and 4 used radiography ... lateral elbow and wrist flexor tendons. Grouping diagnoses is, in one ...

Since no practical intra-operative tensiometer is routinely available, adequate tensioning of the graft is best approximated in the clinical setting by elimination of tendon bowstringing without ...

Dedicated diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options in the treatment of climbing specific injuries (finger flexor tendon tenosynovitis, pulley ruptures and epiphysial growth plate fractures in ...

Starting proximally and moving distally, the clinician should assess for (a) flexion contractures at the knee and hip, (b) pulses at the ankle ... percutaneous flexor tenotomy is the procedure ...