Eccentric exercise in treatment of Achilles tendinopathy

J Nørregaard, C C Larsen, T Bieler, Henning Langberg

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Abstract

Prognosis and treatment of Achilles tendon pain (achillodynia) has been insufficiently studied. The purpose of the present study was to examine the long-term effect of eccentric exercises compared with stretching exercises on patients with achillodynia.
Original languageEnglish
JournalScandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Volume17
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)133-8
Number of pages6
ISSN0905-7188
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Keywords

  • Achilles Tendon
  • Adult
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pain Measurement
  • Prognosis
  • Quality of Life
  • Questionnaires
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Tendinopathy
  • Treatment Outcome

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