Achilles Tendon Dysfunction

Achilles Tendinitis or Tendinosis

The concentric results often show a peak and then a rapid drop followed by recovery. This is because the tendon is placed under different stresses compared to the leverage through the ankle. The mid range (plantar grade) is most commonly affected as this demonstrates the highest lever disadvantage.

In slow eccentric tests there is often a concave mid section to the results this is most likley due to neural inhibition of the muscle/s to protect the affected structure.

In fast eccentric tests the results often peak but then just demonstrate pain inhibition with very irregular mid to late curve results.