Comparison of short term recovery in patients with midportion Achilles tendinopathy with varying degrees of kinesiophobia treated with the Silbernagel protocol: A prospective single cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess short term recovery between individuals with Achilles tendinopathy with varying degrees of kinesiophobia when treated with the Silbernagel protocol. Secondarily to investigate short term change in degree of kinesiophobia.

Design

Prospective single cohort analysis.

Setting

University/Clinical.

Participants

116 participants with midportion Achilles tendinopathy were grouped from their baseline Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) score: Low (≤33), Medium (34-41), and High (≥42).

Main outcome measures

Symptom severity, Achilles tendon structure, and function were assessed at baseline and 8-weeks following initiation of the Silbernagel protocol. Differences in recovery between TSK groups were analyzed.

Results

No group by time intera

SUBMITTER: Smitheman HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572981 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature