1101 - Ankle Tendon Injury Update: from Front to Back

Thursday, October 20, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

Location: 309-310

Session Director(s)

Andrew Gordon, MD PhD

Physiatrist
US Physiatry
Vienna, Virginia

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Moderator(s)

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Kentaro Onishi, Dr., DO

UPMC
pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty(s)

Mary Caldwell, DO

Sports Medicine/PMR
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System PM&R Program
Richmond, Virginia

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Arthur De Luigi, DO

Chair
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona

Disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

There is an essential need to more fully understand how to best optimize treatments and rehabilitation protocols while patients recover from distal lower extremity tendon injuries. An evidence-based review of the major lateral (peroneal), posterior (achilles), medial (posterior tibial), and anterior (tibialis anterior) tendon injuries associated with the ankle will be provided. Rehabilitation timing, the use of adjunct pain-relieving measures (including ice, heat, and oral anti-inflammatories), immobilization, weight-bearing status, use of regenerative biologics and injections, bracing, and surgical options all potentially play roles in addressing tendon injury around the ankle.

The aim of this session will be to improve the learner's knowledge base regarding the array of tendinous injuries that can impact the ankle joint, and help the learner identify what professional resources are available and/or needed to implement more effective rehabilitation and treatment strategies in these regards.

Accreditation Statement
AAPM&R is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation
AAPM&R designates this other activity (combination of live and on-demand sessions) for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Learning Objectives:

Better understand the effects of exercise and other stresses on tendons surrounding the ankle at structural, cellular, and molecular levels, and related trending research topics.
Better understand anterior ankle (tibialis anterior) tendon injury, and related evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation approaches.
Better understand lateral and medial ankle (peroneal, posterior tibialis) tendon injury, and related evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation approaches.
Better understand posterior ankle (Achilles) tendon injury, and related evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation approaches.

Presentations:

Anterior Ankle: Tibialis Anterior - Pathology and Treatment
Speaker: Andrew H. Gordon, MD PhD – US Physiatry
Biomechanical and Biological Adaptation of Distal Lower Extremity Tendons to Stress and Exercise
Speaker: Kentaro Onishi, Dr., DO – UPMC
Lateral and Medial Ankle: peroneal and Posterior Tibialis Tendon Injury Overview: pathology and Treatment
Speaker: Mary Caldwell, DO – Virginia Commonwealth University Health System PM&R Program
Posterior Ankle: achilles Tendon - Pathology and Treatment
Speaker: Arthur De Luigi, DO – Mayo Clinic Arizona