Chronic achilles tendinopathy treated with eccentric stretching program

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 843-849

  Verrall, Geoffrey ^a,b   Schofield, Scott ^a,c   Brustad, Terese ^a,d  

^a Sports Medicine Clinic ^*

^b Sportsmed SA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy, eccentric; Insertional; Mid substance

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEEL DROP PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSERTIONAL TENDINOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MID SUBSTANCE TENDINOPATHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ACHILLES TENDON; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 80052378518     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0843     Document Type: Article

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