Achilles Tendon Load is Progressively Increased with Reductions in Walking Speed

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Torsten BraunerScott C Wearing

Abstract

Achilles tendon rehabilitation protocols commonly recommend a gradual increase in walking speed to progressively intensify tendon loading. This study used transmission-mode ultrasound to evaluate the influence of walking speed on loading of the human Achilles tendon in vivo. Axial transmission speed of ultrasound was measured in the right Achilles tendon of 33 adults (mean ± SD: age, 29 ± 3 yr; height, 1.725 ± 0.069 m; weight, 71.4 ± 19.9 kg) during unshod, steady-state treadmill walking at three speeds (slow, 0.85 ± 0.12 ms; preferred, 1.10 ± 0.13 m·s; fast, 1.35 ± 0.20 m·s). Ankle kinematics, spatiotemporal gait parameters and vertical ground reaction force were simultaneously recorded. Statistical comparisons were made using repeated-measures ANOVA models. Increasing walking speed was associated with higher cadence, longer step length, shorter stance duration, greater ankle plantarflexion, higher vertical ground reaction force peaks, and a greater loading rate (P < 0.05). Maximum (F1,38 = 7.38, P < 0.05) and minimum (F1,46 = 8.95, P < 0.05) ultrasound transmission velocities in the Achilles tendon were significantly lower (16-23 m·s) during the stance but not swing phase of gait, with each increase in walking speed. Despite ...Continue Reading

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