Delaware Tendon Research Group

01/13/2024

Curious how our research group measures Achilles tendon & calf muscle structure with ultrasound?

Check out our newest methodology article! (video coming soon😁) Karin Grävare Silbernagel

11/21/2023

🌟Alumni Highlight🌟

In honor of National Physical Therapy Month, we are highlighting different UDPT alumni!

First up is Class of 2021’s Morgan Potter, PT, DPT! Morgan is a current PhD student at UD and a recent recipient of a PODS I Scholarship, the Florence Kendall Award, from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research!

We are extremely grateful to have had many past and current PhD students funded by the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research! Donations to the Marquette Challenge make these awards possible and help students like Morgan complete research to improve the profession of physical therapy!



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Video reposted from Foundation for Physical Therapy Research

11/21/2023

The University of Delaware Tendon Research Lab (Principal Investigator: Karin Grävare Silbernagel, PT, PhD, ATC) is recruiting kids, 10-17 years old, with heel pain and without heel pain (healthy participants) for an observational study investigating the effect of heel pain on adolescent Achilles tendon health and lower limb biomechanics (the mechanics of the body). Learn more: https://redcap.chrc.udel.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=XW984DCWACH7CW4F

04/07/2022

Our PhD students showed local high schools how we can use shoe insole sensors to collect force data for clinical assessments 👟

It was a full research team production! Always fun to share our research on National Biomechanics Day

Check us out in virtual reality (VR) or via YouTube to learn more about our injury rehabilitation research 😎💻

https://hubs.mozilla.com/SRRDzKZ/ud-national-biomechanics-day-2022-blue-room-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MTa2YXllk4

12/10/2021

Check out our newest article 'ICON 2020: International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus' in Sports Medicine!

This is a first step in the work towards consensus on outcome measures for Achilles tendinopathy, so be sure to give it a read 📰👀

Background Nine core domains for tendinopathy have been identified. For Achilles tendinopathy there is large variation in outcome measures used, and how these fit into the core domains has not been investigated. Objective To identify all available outcome measures outcome measures used to assess the...

08/30/2021

📣 New open-access article: 'Adolescent Running Biomechanics - Implications for Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation'

This collaboration with expert clinicians and biomechanists explores the existing literature and future research required to keep adolescent runners healthy!

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2021.689846

Global participation in running continues to increase, especially amongst adolescents. Consequently, the number of running-related injuries (RRI) in adolescents is rising. Emerging evidence now suggests that overuse type injuries involving growing bone (e.g., bone stress injuries) and soft tissues (...

06/13/2021

Check out our latest article: Functional Ankle Range of Motion but Not Peak Achilles Tendon Force Diminished With Heel-Rise and Jumping Tasks After Achilles Tendon Repair

Background: Deficits in sporting performance after Achilles tendon repair may be due to changes in musculotendinous unit structure, including tendon elongation ...

06/04/2021

Let's go "Beyond the Diagnosis" with our newest JOSPT article by the Tendon Team's very own, Shawn Hanlon!

Objective To identify latent subgroups among patients with Achilles tendinopathy, describe patient characteristics and clinical attributes that defined each subgroup, and develop a clinical classif...

05/14/2021

More great Tendon Team news:

Congratulations to Josh Baxter (University of Pennsylvania), Karin Silbernagel, and Ryan Pohlig (University of Delaware) on their new 5-yr National Institute of Health NIAMS R01 grant👏

This collaborative study will determine loading profiles and ultrasound imaging biomarkers that explain healing and functional outcomes of patients with Achilles tendinopathy!

More details to come😁

05/04/2021

We're excited to announce our new 3-yr National Institute of Health () NIAMS R21 study titled: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Achilles Tendon Rupture Rehabilitation. This research will continue building on treatment to minimize long-term Achilles tendon rupture deficits.

Congratulations to our director, Karin Silbernagel (), & co-PI Daniel Cortes, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University ()👏👏👏

More info coming soon!

01/16/2021

Our new Nature article "Tendinopathy" is out with some great US & international collaborators!

Tendinopathy is a multifaceted pathology of the tendon, characterized by pain and reduced function. This Primer summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and the latest insights in the management of this disorder. Finally, the authors discuss the outstanding issues that will help achie...

12/04/2020

Excited to announce our director, Dr. Karin Silbernagel, will be presenting live today at 2pm on “Current Concepts in the Clinical Treatment of Tendinopathy”. See below for info on how to watch! https://aaspt.mclms.net/en/package/tag/889/list