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SynthesisBritish journal of sports medicine2007

Eccentric overload training in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review.

J J Kingma, R de Knikker, H M Wittink, T Takken

Open access · bronzeAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in British journal of sports medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Design of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes during acute exacerbations of COPD: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2020
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  8. No beneficial effect of Polidocanol treatment in Achilles tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J J KingmaPhysiotherapy Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
R de Knikker
H M Wittink
T Takken
Utrecht University · NLUniversity of Applied Sciences Utrecht · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEccentric overload training seems to be a promising conservative intervention in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy. The efficacy of eccentric overload training on the outcome measures of pain and physical functioning are not exactly clear. STUDY

designSystematic review of the literature.

methodsElectronic databases were searched for randomised clinical trials concerning eccentric overload training in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy. The Delphi list was used to assess the methodological quality of the studies.

resultsNine clinical trials were included. Only one study had sufficient methodological quality. The included trials showed an improvement in pain after eccentric overload training. Because of the methodological shortcomings of the trials, no definite conclusion can be drawn concerning the effects of eccentric overload training in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

conclusionThe effects of eccentric exercise training in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy on pain are promising; however, the magnitude of the effects cannot be determined. Large, methodologically sound studies from multiple sites in which functional outcome measures are included are warranted.

Indexed as

Achilles TendonChronic DiseaseControlled Clinical Trials as TopicDelphi TechniqueExercise TherapyHumansPainRecovery of FunctionTendinopathyTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID17035479
PMCPMC2465314
OpenAlexW2161615595

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