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Systematic review
Efficacy of heavy eccentric calf training for treating mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Myles Calder Murphy School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia SportsMed Subiaco, St John of God Health Care, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Sports Science Sports Medicine Department, Western Australian Cricket Association, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mervyn J Travers School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paola Chivers Institute for Health Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Exercise Medicine Research Institute & School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • James Robert Debenham School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sean Iain Docking Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ebonie Kendra Rio Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Gibson School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Myles Calder Murphy, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, 6959, Australia; myles.murphy1{at}my.nd.edu.au
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Murphy MC, Travers MJ, Chivers P, et al
Efficacy of heavy eccentric calf training for treating mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;53:1070-1077.

Publication history

  • Accepted December 17, 2018
  • First published January 13, 2019.
Online issue publication 
August 19, 2019

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