CME OnDemand: 2022 AOFAS Annual Meeting-Morphologic and Radiographic Alignment Features of Feet with Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Morphologic and Radiographic Alignment Features of Feet with Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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This video is a presentation by Xu Yanli on a retrospective study about morphological and radiographic alignment features of insertional Achilles tendinopathy. The study aims to evaluate the size of calcified enlargement of the Achilles insertion using a newly developed angular measurement called pathologic Achilles insertion angle (PAI) and investigate features of hind foot and mid-foot alignment. The study includes 85 patients with symptomatic insertional Achilles tendinopathy, and the results show that patients with various high-foot alignment have smaller calcified enlargements compared to those with neutral high-foot alignment. Further investigations with larger sample sizes are suggested for a better understanding of this condition.

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Melissa L. Carpenter, BS, Wanjun Gu, BS, BA, Jeremy Ansah-Twum, BS, Mingjie Zhu, DAOM, MPH, Kenneth J. Hunt, MD, Mark S. Myerson, MD, and Shuyuan Li, MD, PhD

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presentation

retrospective study

morphological features

radiographic alignment

insertional Achilles tendinopathy