Publications about UTC imaging® in Human Scientific Research and its Clinical Applications
van Schie HT, de Vos RJ, de Jonge S, Bakker EM, Heijboer MP, Verhaar JA, Tol JL and Weinans H. Ultrasonographic tissue characterisation of human Achilles tendons: quantification of tendon structure through a novel non-invasive approach. Br J Sports Med 2010; 44(16): 1153-1159. PMID: 19666626 Download: UTC-vanSchie 2010
de Vos RJ, Weir A, Tol JL, Verhaar JA, Weinans H and van Schie HT. No effects of PRP on ultrasonographic tendon structure and neovascularisation in chronic midportion tendinopathy. Br J Sports Med 2011 ; 45(5): 387-392. PMID: 21047840FREE ACCESS
de Jonge S, de Vos RJ, Weir A, van Schie HT, Bierma-Zeinstra SM, Verhaar JA, Weinans H, Tol JL. One-year follow-up of platelet-rich plasma treatment in chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. Am J Sports Med 2011 May 21. PMID: 21602565
de Vos RJ, Heijboer MP, Weinans H, Verhaar JAN, van Schie JTM. Tendon structure’s lack of relation to clinical outcome after eccentric exercises in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy. J Sport Rehabil. 2012 Apr:21(1):34-43. PMID: 22100744
Cook JL, Purdam CR. The challenge of managing tendinopathy in competing athletes. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Apr;48(7):506-509. Erratum in: Br J Sports Med. 2014 Sep;48(17):1333. PMID: 23666020
Rosengarten SD, Cook JL, Bryant AL, Cordy JT, Daffy J, Docking SI. Australian football players’ Achilles tendons respond to game loads within 2 days: an ultrasound tissue characterisation (UTC) study. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Feb;49(3):183-187. PMID: 24735840
Masci L, Spang C, van Schie HT, Alfredson H. Achilles tendinopathy-do plantaris tendon removal and Achilles tendon scraping improve tendon structure? A prospective study using ultrasound tissue characterisation. BMJ Open Sp Ex Med 2015;1:e000005 doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2015-000005 FREE ACCESS
de Jonge S, Rozenberg R, Vieyra B, Stam HJ, Aanstoot HJ, Weinans H, van Schie HT, Praet SF. Achilles tendons in people with type 2 diabetes show mildly compromised structure: an ultrasound tissue characterisation study. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Jan 13 pii: bjsports-2014-093696. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093696. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25586910
Van Ark M, Docking SI, van den Akker-Scheek I, Rudavsky A, Rio E, Zwerver J, Cook JL. Does the adolescent patellar tendon respond to 5 days of cumulative load during a volleyball tournament? Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Feb 18. doi; 10.1111/sms. 12426. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25694241
Docking SI, Rosengarten SD, Cook J. Achilles tendon structure improves on UTC imaging over a 5-month pre-season in elite Australian football players. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 May 5. doi; 10.1111/sms. 12469. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25943892
Docking SI, Cook J. Pathological tendons maintain sufficient aligned fibrillar structure on ultrasound tissue characterisation (UTC). Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Jun 9. Doi: 10.1111/sms. 12491. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26059532
Docking SI, Rosengarten SD, Daffy J, Cook J. Structural integrity is decreased in both Achilles tendons in people with unilateral Achilles tendinopathy. J Sci Med Sport. 2015 Jul;18(4):383-387. doi: 1016/j.jsams.2014.06.004. Epub 2014 Jun 20. PMID: 25024134
Sean I. Docking, Chin Chin Ooi, David Connell. Tendinopathy: Is Imaging Telling Us the Entire Story?. Journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy, 2015; 11, 842-852. FREE ACCESS
Jarrod Antflick , Chris Myers , Management of Tendinopathies with Ultrasound Tissue Characterisation. SportEX Medicine 2014;61(July):26-30 FREE ACCESS
Masci L, Spang C, van Schie HT, Alfredson H. How to diagnose plantaris tendon involvement in midportion Achilles tendinopathy – clinical and imaging findings. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2016;17:97. DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-0955-5 FREE ACCESS
Wezenbeek, N. Mahieu, TM. Willems, D. Van Tiggelen, M. De Muynck, D. De Clercq, E. Witvrouw, What does normal tendon structure look like? New insights into tissue characterization in the Achilles tendon. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2017 Jul;27(7):746-753. PMID: 27367438
Bedi HS, Jowett C, Ristanis S, Docking S, Cook J. Plantaris Excision and Ventral Paratendinous Scraping for Achilles Tendinopathy in an Athletic Population. Foot Ankle Int. 2016 Apr;37(4):386-393. PMID: 26637273
Waugh CM, Alktebi T, de Sa A, Scott A. Impact of Rest Duration on Achilles Tendon Structure and Function Following Isometric Training. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2017 June 12. doi: 10.1111/sms.12930. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28603874
Wynter Bee W, Ubhi J, Kumar B. Subcategories of tendinopathy using ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC): dorsal mid-portion achilles tendinopathy is more severe than ventral Achilles tendinopathy. Br J Sports Med. 2017 May 10. Doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097827.4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28490458
Stanley LE, Lucero A, Mauntel TC, Kennedy M, Walker N, Marshall SW, Padua DA, Berkoff DJ. Achilles tendon adaptation in cross-country runners across a competitive season. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2017 Apr 28. doi: 10.1111/sms.12903. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28455943
Esmaeili A, Stewart AM, Hopkins WG, Elias GP, Aughey RJ. Effects of Training and Leg Dominance on Achilles and Patellar Tendon Structure. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2017 Apr;12(Suppl 2):S2122-S2126. Doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2016-0397. {Epub 2016 Dec 5] PMID: 27918676 Download: Esmaeli A.
Hernandez G, Dominquez D, Moreno J, Til L, Capdevila L, Pedret C, van Schie HT, Rodas G. Caracterizacion por Ultrasound Tissue Characterization de los tendons rotulianos de jugadores de baloncesto; comparacion entre profesionales versus formativos y asintomaticos versus sintomaticos. Apunts Med Esport 2017 FREE ACCESS
Rudavsky A, Cook J, Docking S. Quantifying proximal patellar tendon changes during adolescence in elite ballet dancers, a 2-year study. Scand Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 2018;00:1–6. Abstract
Rabello LM, van den Akker-Scheek I, Kuipers IF, Diercks RL, Brink MS, Zwerver J. Bilateral changes in tendon structure of patients diagnosed with unilateral insertional or midportion achilles tendinopathy or patellar tendinopathy. Springer Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019 FREE ACCES
Rabello LM, Zwerver J, Stewart RE, van den Akker-Scheek I, Brink. Patellar tendon structure responds to load over a 7‐week preseason in elite male volleyball players. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. April 2019 PMID: 30942914
Nili Steinberg, Michal Pantanowitz, Shany Funk, Shani Svorai Band, Gordon Waddington, Nirit Yavnai, Aviva Zeev. Can Achilles and patellar tendon structures predict musculoskeletal injuries in combat soldiers? Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 2021;35-1;205-214. doi.org/10.1111/sms.13820 PMID: 32885496
Nili Steinberg, Alon Eliakim, Liav Elbaz,Michal Pantanowitz,Aviva Zeev, Dan Nemet. Achilles Tendon Tissue Structure in Children with Overweight and Children with Obesity. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2020;40(3):330-344.doi: 10.1080/01942638.2019.1672848. PMID: 31591918
Steinberg N, Pantanowitz M, Zeev A, Stern M, Dar G. Ultrasound Tissue Characterization (UTC) of the Achilles Tendon in Pre- and Post-Pubertal Dancers. J Dance Med Sci. 2020 Jun 15;24(2):51-58. doi: 10.12678/1089-13X.24.2.51. PMID: 32456759
Dar G, Waddington G, Stern M, Dotan N, Steinberg N. Differences Between Long Distance Road Runners and Trail Runners in Achilles Tendon Structure and Jumping and Balance Performance. PM R. 2020 Aug;12(8):794-804. PMID: 31762215
Steinberg N, Funk S, Svorai-Band S, Yavnai N, Pantanowitz M, Zeev A, Dar G. The Influence of a 14-Week Infantry Commanders Courses on the Achilles Tendon and Patellar Tendon Structure. Mil Med. 2021 Feb 3:usab019. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab019. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33533888
Steinberg N, Eliakim A, Elbaz L, Pantanowitz M, Zeev A, Nemet D. The influence of a multidisciplinary intervention program on Achilles tendon structure in children with overweight and obesity. Eur J Pediatr. 2020 Nov;179(11):1787-1796. doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03685-6. Epub 2020 May 25.PMID: 32451724
Nili Steinberg, Michal Pantanowitz, Aviva Zeev, Shani Svorai Band, Shany Funk, Dan Nemet. Achilles and patellar tendon structure following a prevention program in male combat soldiers. Phys Sportsmed. 2022 Dec;50(6):531-540. PMID: 34488525
Marc Adriaan Paantjens, Pieter Herman Helmhout, Fransiscus Jacobus Gerardus Backx, Meindert Thomas Annechien Willibrord Martens, Joeri Paulus Adrianus van Dongen, Eric Wilhelmus Petrus Bakker. Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability of Processing Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Scans in Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy. Hindawi Translational Sports Medicine Volume 2022, PMID 9348298. FREE ACCESS
Nili Steinberg, PhD, Shani Funk, MSc, Aviva Zeev, MSc, Gordon Waddington, PhD, Shany Svorai-Litvak, MD, Michal Pantanowitz, PhD. Achilles Tendon and Patellar Tendon Structure in Combat Soldiers Following Prevention Exercises. Military Medicine, Volume 188, Issue 3-4, March-April 2023, Pages 678–688. PMID: 35134964