The Achilles Tendon (PDF)

Hajo Thermann, MD, PhD, is a specialist in knee and foot surgery and trauma surgery and Medical Director of the ATOS Clinic in Heidelberg, Germany. He is also a Professor at Hannover Medical School, where he has lectured since 1993, and Visiting Professor at the 3rd Military University, Chongqing, China. Prof. Thermann is a longstanding member of the management boards of both the European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and the European Foot and Ankle Society. He is an international member of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and has been a member of the society's "Biomechanics of the Foot and Ankle" Workgroup since 1995. He is a member of the editorial boards of the European Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery and Foot and Ankle International.
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, is Full Professor of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine and Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University of Salerno School of Medicine and Surgery, Salerno, Italy. He is also Honorary Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine and Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Queen Mary University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. Prof. Maffulli was the first non-British professor to be awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Orthopaedics. In 2012 he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and he is an Honorary Fellow of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He was Lead of Foot and Ankle Surgery Services at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games.
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, has been Academic Head at the Orthopaedic Department, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, since 2001, prior to which he was Clinical Head of the Orthopaedic Department of Sahlgrenska University Hospital. He was appointed Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Traumatology in 1998. Prof. Karlsson served as President of the Swedish Association of Sports Medicine from 1999 to 2001. Since 2008