Purpose: The rehabilitation program after flexor tendon repair of zone II laceration varies. We designed a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of controlled passive mobilization (modified Kleinert ...

Objectives Surgical removal of the plantaris tendon can cure plantaris-associated Achilles tendinopathy, a condition in which Achilles and plantaris tendinopathy coexist. However, rare cases with ...

Some authors recommending repair of the membranous tendon sheath at the time of flexor tendon repair have suggested that restoration of sheath continuity facilitates flexor tendon gliding. [3, 4 ...

The Miley news came as a surprise to Miley, who felt more soreness than usual in the days after Sunday’s start in Detroit but planned to power through on Saturday until the MRI revealed what the ...

Background/aim Exercise imparts a load on tendon tissue that leads to changes in tendon properties. Studies suggest that loading immediately reduces tendon thickness, with a loss of this response in ...

Late Reconstruction of Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; , Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. Disclosures ...

Background: When closed ruptures of flexor tendons of fingers occur, there is often an identifiable pathology, which should be addressed in the same surgical setting as the tendon repair. The concept ...