The Alfredson protocol is a treatment for Achilles tendonitis that involves repeated eccentric heel drop exercises. In this exercise, the heel is slowly lowered off a step while the toes stay on ...

After completing the 3 months heel-drop programme in the original study, 67.2% (31 patients) never performed the eccentric exercises again. No correlation in pain status was found between patients who ...

Standard exercise prescriptions such as a bout of eccentric heel drop exercise would therefore be expected to result in very different outcomes, even among individuals of the same age, gender, ...