Karin Silbernagel, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is a leading tendon researcher and professor at the University of Delaware whose work has helped shape the profession’s understanding of tendinopathy and tendon loading.
In 2015, she received the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research Grant for her project investigating recovery after an Achilles tendon rupture. It was her first grant as a faculty member at Delaware, and she credits that early funding with setting her on a path toward securing larger research grants.
In a recent interview with the Foundation, Silbernagel reflected on the evolution of tendon care, what her research has revealed, and tendon health as a multifactorial condition.
