Getting your tendinopathy diagnosis and treatment right, with Dr Robert-Jan de Vos
Dr Robert-Jan de Vos, sports physician and associate professor at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, dives deep into all things Achilles tendinopathy. As lead author of the Dutch Multidisciplinary Guideline on Achilles Tendinopathy (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34187784/), he shares the key messages from this in-depth review.
In today’s episode, Dr de Vos covers the important tendon anatomy to guide your differential diagnosis, what information he is most focused on communicating to patients, and the key factors that can affect your choices when managing Achilles tendinopathy.
RESOURCES
Why tendons like load: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29920664/
Clinical diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34692248/
Clinical tool for identifying spondyloarthropathy: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Kirwan/publication/332275130_D18_SCREEND%27EM_BEFORE_YOU_TREAT%27EM_A_CLINICAL_TOOL_TO_HELP_IDENTIFY_SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY_IN_PATIENTS_WITH_TENDINOPATHY/links/5cab530da6fdcca26d06aaf1/D18-SCREENDEM-BEFORE-YOU-TREATEM-A-CLINICAL-TOOL-TO-HELP-IDENTIFY-SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY-IN-PATIENTS-WITH-TENDINOPATHY.pdf
More on the pain monitoring model: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17307888/
Dosing your resistance training in tendinopathy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37169370/
Best treatment for Achilles tendinopathy (living systematic review): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32522732/
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