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Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2007

Full symptomatic recovery does not ensure full recovery of muscle-tendon function in patients with Achilles tendinopathy.

Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Roland Thomeé, Bengt I Eriksson, Jon Karlsson

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Trial report 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 51 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Karin Grävare SilbernagelSportrehab--Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Clinic, Göteborg, Sweden. karin.gravare-silbernagel@orthop.gu.se
Roland Thomeé
Bengt I Eriksson
Jon Karlsson

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the relationship between muscle-tendon function and symptoms in patients with Achilles tendinopathy using a validated test battery.

designA prospective non-randomised trial.

settingOrthopaedic Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. PATIENTS: 37 patients with a clinical diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy in the midportion of the tendon, with symptoms for >2 months, were evaluated at the initiation of the study and after 1 year.

interventionThe patients were treated using a rehabilitation programme, under the supervision of a physical therapist, for 6 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The patients were evaluated using the Swedish version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles questionnaire (VISA-A-S) for symptoms, and a test battery for evaluation of the lower leg muscle-tendon function.

resultsThere were significant improvements in the VISA-A-S score (p<0.00, n = 37) and the test battery (p<0.02, n = 19) at the 1-year follow-up. The VISA-A-S questionnaire had an effect size of 2.1 and the test battery had an effect size of 0.73. A low correlation (r = 0.178, p>0.05) was found between the VISA-A-S score and the test battery. A high correlation (r = 0.611, p<0.05) was found between the drop counter movement jump and the VISA-A-S score. All other tests in the test battery had low correlations (r = -0.305 to 0.155, p>0.05) with the VISA-A-S score. Only 25% (4/16) of the patients who had full symptomatic recovery had achieved full recovery of muscle-tendon function as measured by the test battery.

conclusionFull symptomatic recovery in patients with Achilles tendinopathy does not ensure full recovery of muscle-tendon function. The VISA-A-S questionnaire and the test battery are sensitive to clinically relevant changes with treatment and can be recommended for use in both the clinic and research.

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Achilles TendonAdultExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthProspective StudiesRecovery of FunctionSecondary PreventionSensitivity and SpecificitySurveys and QuestionnairesTendinopathy

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PMID17261555
PMCPMC2658968

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