Publications by authors named "Jarrod Antflick"
Progressing On-Court Rehabilitation After Injury: The Control-Chaos Continuum Adapted to Basketball.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther
September 2023
Sport-specific training is an integral component of returning to sport following injury. Frameworks designed to guide sport-specific rehabilitation need to integrate and adapt to the specific context of elite sport. The control-chaos continuum (CCC) is a flexible framework originally designed for on-pitch rehabilitation in elite football (soccer).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nine core domains for tendinopathy have been identified. For Achilles tendinopathy there is large variation in outcome measures used, and how these fit into the core domains has not been investigated.
Objective: To identify all available outcome measures outcome measures used to assess the clinical phenotype of Achilles tendinopathy in prospective studies and to map the outcomes measures into predefined health-related core domains.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to explore the effects of six weeks of intensive ballet training on the Achilles tendon in terms of structural and clinical changes, and to analyze factors like demographics, self-reported pain, and generalized joint hypermobility (GJH).
- - Results showed a significant decrease in the healthy echo-type I (indicating tendon integrity) and an increase in echo-type II (suggesting changes in tendon structure), particularly affected by limb and sex differences among the 63 ballet dancers aged 18-41.
- - Despite these structural changes in the Achilles tendon after rehearsing for Swan Lake, there were no notable changes in self-reported symptoms, clinical signs of Achilles tendinopathy, or performance in heel raise tests during
Rehabilitation is an important treatment for non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy. To date, eccentric loading exercises (ECC) have been the predominant choice; however, mechanical evidence underlying their use remains unclear. Other protocols, such as heavy slow resistance loading (HSR), have shown comparable outcomes, but with less training time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Open plantaris tendon excision and ventral paratendinous stripping is a recognised treatment option in selected patients with non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy. The aim of this study was to develop a minimally invasive outpatient technique of ultrasound guided plantaris tendon release (UPTR).
Methods: A 19 gauge needle, 15 gauge scalpel blade, hook knife (Smith and Nephew, Boston, MA, USA) and a beaver blade (Arthrex, Naples, FL, USA), were used under ultrasound guidance to identify and divide the plantaris tendon in 12 cadaveric legs.