Using a program of eccentric exercises known as the Alfredson protocol for Achilles ... is common but painful. Achilles tendonitis can usually be treated with physical therapy exercises.

In the largest study of 775 patients, the overall complication rate of surgically treated Achilles tendon ruptures was ... allows controlled motion with physical therapy. The group with the ...

1 School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy ... Tendon microcirculation is considered to be an important factor in tendinosis and the tendon healing process [Fenwick, 2002]. The present study ...

1 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research-Copenhagen (PMR-C); Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Copenhagen University ... Denmark Introduction Elongation of the Achilles tendon ...