Rate of Improvement of Pain and Function in Mid-Portion Achilles Tendinopathy with Loading Protocols: A Systematic Review and Longitudinal Meta-Analysis.

Myles Calder MurphyMervyn TraversWilliam GibsonPaola ChiversJames DebenhamSean DockingEbonie Rio

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2018)

The improvement in pain and function during rehabilitation suggests future research should be directed toward investigating contributing mechanisms as tendon structure on imaging does not change within 2 weeks and muscular hypertrophy is not seen for at least 4 weeks following the inception of a loading protocol. Systematic Review Registry: PROSPERO registration number: CRD42017062737 ( https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=62737 ).

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
randomized controlled trial
cross sectional
high resolution
gestational age
rotator cuff
current status
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
mass spectrometry
platelet rich plasma
postoperative pain