Tendons are thick bands of tissue that attach muscles to bone. Their job is to move bones when a muscle tightens or relaxes. Tendons are made mostly of collagen that’s arranged in bundles. Some ...

A tendon sheath is a thin layer of tissue that surrounds and protects every tendon in the body. Tendon sheaths can be affected by overuse injuries like tendonitis, chronic conditions like arthritis, ...

Ganglion and synovial cysts are benign lumps caused by a buildup of fluid in a tendon sheath or joint capsule. They most commonly show up on the top of the wrist, but may also affect the feet or the ...

While veterinarians historically prescribed weeks of stall rest to rehabilitate horses with tendon injuries, the success rate for a return to the previous level of athletic activity wasn’t ...

Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath is a benign soft tissue tumor most frequent between the third and fifth decades of life. It can mimic and make differential diagnoses with several hand tumors.

The survival rate for horses who undergo surgical lavage (flushing) of a joint or tendon sheath is “excellent.” That’s according to a new study from the University of Nottingham and CVS Group in the ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement of at least one tendon with ultrasound examination, compared with 9% of a control group of age- and sex-matched controls with no hand complaints, ...

BOSTON — Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford underwent wrist surgery Wednesday and most likely will miss the rest of the season. In a release, the team said he had surgery “to reconstruct the stabilizing ...

Tenosynovitis describes inflammation of the tendon and its covering (the synovial sheath). It can cause pain, swelling, and limited use of the affected body part. It is most common in the hands, ...

Objective To develop and validate a minimally invasive ultrasound (US)-guided biopsy technique to collect entheseal tissue from the common extensor tendon (CET) enthesis at the lateral humeral ...