Preliminary results of colour Doppler-guided intratendinous glucocorticoid injection for Achilles tendonitis in five patients
| Autor: | Lene Terslev, M. J. Koenig, E Qvistgaard, Søren Torp-Pedersen, Henning Bliddal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale Pain Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Injections Intralesional Achilles Tendon Methylprednisolone Hyperaemia symbols.namesake medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Prospective Studies Achilles tendonitis Prospective cohort study Glucocorticoids Aged Neovascularization Pathologic business.industry Ultrasound Lidocaine Middle Aged Drug Therapy Computer-Assisted Echocardiography Doppler Color Surgery Tendon Drug Combinations medicine.anatomical_structure Chronic Disease Tendinopathy symbols Female Radiology medicine.symptom business Doppler effect Glucocorticoid circulatory and respiratory physiology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 14:100-106 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0838 0905-7188 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1600-0838.2003.00364.x |
| Popis: | Background: It is debated as to whether Achilles tendonitis (AT) has an inflammatory component. The intratendinous hyperaemia demonstrated with colour Doppler has been interpreted as neovascularisation. Glucocorticoid injection around the tendon is a common therapeutic procedure. Hypotheses: The intratendinous hyperaemia seen with ultrasound (US) colour Doppler represents an inflammatory background. Glucocorticoid injections will be effective if administered inside the tendon where the inflammation seems to be. Study design: An uncontrolled, prospective study with a minimum follow-up of 3 months. Methods: Six tendons in five patients were evaluated with grey-scale US and colour Doppler before and after US-guided intratendinous glucocorticoid injection. Pain at rest and at activity was evaluated on a visual analogue scale. Results: With colour Doppler all tendons had intratendinous flow. Pain and colour Doppler activity decreased during a mean follow-up of 182 days (range 92–309 days). One tendon relapsed after 199 days. Conclusion: Intratendinous glucocorticoid injections seem to have a marked effect on both symptoms and colour Doppler findings, which may be taken as an indication of an inflammatory component in the disease. Colour Doppler adds significant information to grey-scale US with regard to diagnosis, location and follow-up of AT. |
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