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Achilles Tendon Stiffness in the Etiology of Sever Disease: A Shear Wave Elastography Study
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Background: Sever disease is one of the most common causes of heel pain in growing children and adolescents. There is no consensus about etiology of Sever disease.
Methods: The study comprised 41 participants aged 8 to 13 years who visited the orthopedic outpatient clinic: 17 patients with Sever disease and 24 asymptomatic children. The middle third segment of the body of the Achilles tendon and the calcaneal insertion zone were separately assessed. Five measuring points for the quantitative value of each point were randomly selected. The color scale used in the Young’s modulus shows the lowest values in blue and the highest values in red. The mean values were used for the statistical analysis.
Results: Less elasticity was detected at the insertional site for the control group (4.02 kPa versus 3.65 kPa), the situation was reversed in the body of the Achilles tendon and the elasticity of the study group was less than that of the control group (241.0 kPa versus 260.5 kPa). However, no statistically significant difference was found between the groups.
Conclusions: In conclusion, no difference was found in Achilles tendon elasticity between patients with Sever disease and healthy individuals in both the tendon body and the calcaneal insertionof the tendon. Achilles tendon elasticity has not been found to play a role in the etiology of Sever disease.
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