Safe relief of rest pain that eases with activity in achillodynia by intrabursal or peritendinous steroid injection: the rupture rate was not increased by these steroid injections.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
A history of morning and rest pain that eases with activity was found to improve after anti-inflammatory injections around the paratenon or within the Achilles bursae. The reduction in pain morbidity was significant, and the peritendinous steroid injections did not increase the rupture rate.
Medical subject headings
- Achilles Tendon
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Athletic Injuries
- Hydrocortisone
- Tendinopathy