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Enthesis and Enthesopathy
Ševčík, Vladislav ; Katolický, Jakub (advisor) ; Machač, Stanislav (referee)
Background: Enthesopathies affect entheses, highly specialized connetive tissue, connecting tendon to bone. Enthesis and adjacent structures form a functional unit. It is prone to degenerative and inflammatory tissue damage caused by enthesis overuse or diffuse inflammatory disease. Methods: First task is to compose a current narrative review concerning enthesopathies with emphasis on disease etiology and efficacious therapies without focusing on a specific pathology. Thorough description of enthesis and its functions is included. Second task is to complete one detailed case study of a patient suffering from enthesopathy affecting a medial epicondyle of humerus. Results: A narrative review has been completed attempting to offer a more comprehensive perspective on entheses and related pathologies. One patient has been selected and treated for pathology of a medial epikondyle of humerus. Namely eccentric contraction exercises, radial pressure wave modality, and motion patterns modification were used to affect the lesion. The patient has improved rapidly and significantly. Conclusions: Not enough up-to-date information about ethesopathies and respective treatment options is available in Czech publications. There are still some inefficient therapies being currently used, and there is a lack of...

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