Abstract
Tendons have been described like dense regular connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone. Their principal function is transferring contractile forces from muscle to bone and then generate movement. Calcaneal tendon (Achilles) is one of the most frequently injured since the incidence of rupture in North America is 5.5 to 9.9/100,000 habitants and 6.8 to 18/100,000 in Europe. It occurs…