NIH R01 · 2025
Tendon loading profiles that promote healing in Achilles tendinopathy
PROJECT SUMMARY Mid-substance Achilles tendinopathy is a painful, debilitating, and chronic tendon pathology. Rehabilitation exercises are the first treatment option for patients, but clinical studies have reported 20-60% of patients continue to experience pain and symptoms 5-years later. Even when patients experience symptom relief, only one-quarter of these patients fully recover muscle-tendon function. Current clinical guidelines recommend patients perform heel-rise exercises to eccentrically load the pathologic tendon and promote healing. However, Achilles tendon loading during daily-living often exceeds these structured rehabilitation loads, and the biomechanical properties of…
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