Exercise parameters to consider for Achilles tendinopathy: A modified Delphi study with international experts

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110183" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110183</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110183" target="_blank" >10.1136/bjsports-2025-110183</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Exercise parameters to consider for Achilles tendinopathy: A modified Delphi study with international experts

Original language description

To assess the level of agreement among experts on the heel raise exercise parameters that influence midportion and insertional Achilles tendinopathy (AT) rehabilitation outcomes. An international expert panel in AT rehabilitation was invited to complete a three-round Delphi survey. In the first two rounds, experts were asked to review a pregenerated list of exercise parameters (based on the heel raise exercise) and rate their perceived influence on rehabilitation outcome, using a 5-point Likert scale. For each parameter, consensus criteria for major influence on rehabilitation were (a) median>=4, (b) >=75% of scoring 4 or 5 and (c) IQR<=1. The third round aimed to rank the exercise parameters according to importance (from most to least important) during rehabilitation. 17 experts participated in the entire Delphi process. A total of 16 exercise parameters were assessed, of which 4 (intensity of contraction, total time under tension, number of repetitions and sets, type of contraction) reached consensus as having a major influence on rehabilitation for midportion AT and 3 reached consensus for insertional AT (range of ankle dorsiflexion during the exercise, intensity of contraction, number of repetitions and sets). The rankings of parameters that reached consensus showed that contraction intensity was perceived as the most important variable for midportion AT rehabilitation, while range of ankle dorsiflexion was deemed the most important variable for insertional AT rehabilitation. This study identified key exercise parameters for mid-portion and insertional AT rehabilitation based on expert opinion. This information should assist practitioners in optimising their approach to deliver more effective, patient-specific exercises for AT rehabilitation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

ISSN

0306-3674

e-ISSN

1473-0480

Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

19

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1337-1349

UT code for WoS article

001561458300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105014628778