Proposal for a Rehabilitation Protocol After Calcaneal Tendon Reconstruction: From the Immediate Post-Operative Period to Return to Sports Practice

The calcaneal tendon is the strongest tendon in the human body, and therefore the most commonly injured in the lower limbs. The aim of this study is to present a rehabilitation protocol, based on the literature, according to the physiology of tissue regeneration in the postoperative period of acute rupture of the calcaneal tendon, carried out through a bibliographic survey of the last 20 years and proposed by the Physiotherapy Service of the Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo. The findings demonstrated that, despite the differences in surgical techniques, the proposed rehabilitation protocol presents minimal risk of damage to the surgical site. Level of Evidence III; Systematic Review.