Immobilisation in patients with painful achilles tendon
- Report By: Henry Paul - Senior Clinical Fellow
- Search checked by Angaj Ghosh and Kerstin Hogg - Registrar in Emergency Medicine and Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine
- Institution: Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Date Submitted: 16th March 2000
- Last Modified: 14th September 2004
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Status:
Yellow (Internal BestBET edit)
Three Part Question
In [patients presenting with achilles tendonitis] is [immobilisation] likely to [improve outcome]?Clinical Scenario
A woman in her early thirties presents to the emergency department's minor injuries unit with a history of pains in the back of her right ankle since the previous night. She noticed it a problem after she had been dancing on a night out. There was no previous history of similar pains in either ankle. On examination there was tenderness confined to the achilles tendon and Simmons test was negative. You wonder whether you should treat her with immobilisation.Search Strategy
Medline 1966- week 3/09/04 using the OVID interface.[(exp Achilles tendon OR achilles.mp) AND (exp immobilization OR immobili$.mp OR exp casts, surgical OR exp splint OR splint.mp OR plaster.mp) AND (exp Athletic Injuries OR exp Tendinitis OR exp Tendon Injuries)] LIMIT to human AND English language.