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FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 154-159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2014.02.010
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Achilles tendinopathy; Achilles pathogenesis; Achilles tendon; Tendon degeneration
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Achilles tendinopathy is a degenerative, not an inflammatory, condition. It is prevalent in athletes involved in running sports. A systematic literature review on Achilles tendon tendinopathy has been performed according to the intrinsic (age, sex, body weight, tendon temperature, systemic diseases, muscle strength, flexibility, previous injuries and anatomical variants, genetic predisposition and blood supply) and extrinsic risk factors (drugs and overuse), which can cause tendon suffering and degeneration. Different theories have been found: Neurogenic, Angiogenic, Impingement and Iceberg Hypotheses. Multiple databases were utilized for articles published between 1964 and 2013. The different hypothesis were analyzed, differently considering those concerning the pathogenesis of tendinopathy and those concerning the etiology of complaints in patients. This review of the literature demonstrates the heterogeneity of Achilles tendinopathy pathogenesis. Various risk factors have been identified and have shown an interaction between them such as genes, age, circulating and local cytokine production, sex, biomechanics and body composition. (c) 2014 European Foot and Ankle Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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