Alfredson versus Silbernagel exercise therapy in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Habets, Bas ^a,c   Van Cingel, Robert E H ^a,b   Backx, Frank J G ^c   Huisstede, Bionka M A ^c  

^a Sports Medical Center Papendal   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy; Achilles tendon; Concentric; Eccentric; Exercise therapy; Physical therapy; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ALFREDSON ISOLATED ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 12; SILBERNAGEL COMBINED CONCENTRIC ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT ASSESSMENT ACHILLES QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ACHILLES TENDON; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPORT INJURY; STANDARDS; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85022182351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-017-1656-4     Document Type: Article

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