Intratendinous Pressure with Lauren Pringels

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Lauren Pringels and her work on tendons

00:21 The development of her interest in tendinopathy

01:18 The concept of intratendinous pressure and its significance

02:17 How loading affects pressure inside the tendon

03:13 Research aims to understand pressure's role in tendinopathy

04:17 Sources of intratendinous pressure: external and internal

05:41 The anatomy of the Achilles tendon and torsion effects

07:06 The four main aims of her research framework

08:37 How structural changes in tendinopathy alter pressure behavior

11:00 The impact of tendon torsion on pressure during loading

13:23 Differences in tendon structure at the insertion and mid portion