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2. Achilles tendon rupture - Wikipedia

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   Radiography can also be used to indirectly identify Achilles tendon tears. Radiography uses X-rays to analyze the point of injury. This is not very effective at identifying soft tissue injuries. X-rays are created when high energy electrons hit a metal source. X-ray images are acquired by utilizing the different densities of the bone or tissue.

3. Thompson test - Wikipedia

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   Recent research has indicated that while the test is an accurate detector of achilles rupture, it is unable to distinguish between partial tear (tear of the gastrocnemius or soleal portion only) and a complete tear of both portions. [4] Complete tear of achilles tendon in ultrasound with Simmonds' test

4. Achilles tendon - Wikipedia

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   Achilles tendon rupture occurs in about 1 per 10,000 people per year. [26] Males are more commonly affected than females. [28] People in their 30s to 50s are most commonly affected. [26] Prevention may include stretching before activity. [27] Treatment may be by surgery or casting with the toes somewhat pointed down.

5. Why Achilles tears are so devastating, and what's ahead for ...

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   Rodgers isn't the first Jets QB to suffer this injury. In the 1999 opener, Vinny Testaverde, then 35, ruptured his Achilles tendon and didn’t play the rest of that season.. Testaverde eventually ...

6. Inside Cam Akers’ remarkable return from the most feared ...

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   Once a career ender. To understand how devastating an Achilles tear once was for an elite athlete, you only have to go back about 15 years. On a Monday night in 2006, the injury waylaid a three ...

7. Deshaun Watson's season is ended by a ruptured Achilles ... - AOL

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   The team feared Watson's year was over and an MRI on Monday confirmed the rupture. Deshaun Watson's season is ended by a ruptured Achilles tendon. Browns say QB will have surgery

8. Calcific tendinitis - Wikipedia

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   Calcific tendinitis is typically diagnosed by physical exam and X-ray imaging. The disease often resolves completely on its own, but is typically treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve pain, rest and physical therapy to promote healing, and in some cases various procedures to breakdown and/or remove the calcium deposits.

9. Pelicans say Dejounte Murray ruptured his Achilles tendon and ...

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   Dejounte Murray's season is over, with the New Orleans Pelicans confirming Saturday that the standout guard ruptured his right Achilles tendon and now faces a lengthy rehab process. It's the ...