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Achilles tendon – longitudinal

Patient Positioning

Patient lies prone, foot hanging out of the examination table.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on a sagittal plane over the achilles tendon, which is easily palpated.

Probe Placement Foot
Probe Placement Foot
Foot Ankle posterior achilles tendon longitudinal
Foot Ankle posterior achilles tendon longitudinal

note: in normal conditions, no liquid is seen in the superficial bursa and only mild effusion in the retrocalcaneal bursa