title: [Sonographic assessment of gliding characteristics and gliding bed of the Achilles tendon following surgery].
abstract: A bilateral comparative ultrasound evaluation of 55 patients 1-10 years after unilateral Achilles tendon rupture showed that glide was reduced by varying degrees in the tendon in a dynamic evaluation. Disturbed tendon glide was often the cause of persistent disability. In the evaluation of the glide characteristics it was helpful to allocate patients to three categories, structural changes in the tendon bed also being taken into consideration. According to this classification, 56% of the Patients had either good or only slightly reduced glide characteristics, whilst 42% demonstrated severe reductions. It was striking that it was not so much alterations in the tendon itself, but rather changes in the tendon bed that had the more deleterious effects on glide characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burchhardt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanković
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Die sonographische Beurteilung von Gleitverhalten und Gleitlager operierter Achillessehnen.