and the patient will develop symptoms including pain, discomfort, soreness and swelling. This is Achilles tendinitis, and I often treat such cases here at Yale Medicine Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation.

Mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy equally affects women and men. Mean duration of symptoms at presentation (reported in 39 cases) was 11.3 weeks (range 1–52). In 37 cases (34.6%), a relationship with ...

The score was originally developed and evaluated in Swedish, using a sample of patients aged 20–70 years with an acute Achilles tendon rupture. The score evaluates the constructs of 'symptoms ...

1 Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2 Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia Methods: Forty five patients with symptoms in 57 ...