Royal London Hospital Test (Achilles)

The Royal London Hospital Test is commonly used to diagnose Achilles tendinopathy (AT) (Aicale et al., 2020; Silbernagel et al., 2020). The Achilles tendon is mechanoreactive, meaning that it adapts to the loading demands placed on the tissue (Scott et al., 2015; Magnusson et al., 2019). The tendon is a living structure, like every component of the human body. It therefore undergoes continuous…