Objectives To investigate if daily treatment with glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) ointment, over 24 weeks combined with a 12-week eccentric exercise programme is more effective for chronic mid-portion ...

Recognizing when you’re at risk for Achilles tendinitis and knowing how to prevent it can keep you walking, running and exercising without pain. The Achilles tendon is a long band of tissue that ...

Eccentric exercise, characterised by muscle lengthening under load, is a potent stimulus that induces muscle damage while concurrently provoking adaptive mechanisms. The paradox of this exercise ...

If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise – like lowering into a squat or letting your dumbbells drop after a curl – you might be missing a major opportunity to build strength. That ...

Correspondence to Paul D Kirwan, Discipline of Physiotherapy, School Of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; KIRWANP2{at}tcd.ie Objectives To investigate if daily treatment with glyceryl ...