A randomised controlled study; treatment of patellatendinopathy with excentric exercise and shockwavetherapy
Completed
- Conditions
- pain of the tendon of the knee.10043237
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON39083
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Centrum Haaglanden
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
age: >18 years
VISA-P at baseline<80
min 1 hour sports a week
min 8 weeks pain of the patella tendon
pain with palpation at the insertion of the patellatendon
one side or two sides pain
Exclusion Criteria
local steroid injection in the last month
last 6 months no immunesupressiva or coricosteroids
damaged or reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament
treatment of patellatendon with excentric exercise or shockwave before
inflammatory diseases of the joints
pregnancy
surgery of the patellatendon
local infections around the patellatendon
other knee pathology
anticoagulantia
pathology of coagulation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>VISA-P: Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment: This validated score evaluates<br /><br>pain, function and sportspractice.A score of 100 gives an optimal knee without<br /><br>symptoms (Zwerver 2009). When there is pain in both knees than the score is for<br /><br>the most painful side.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Pain pressure threshold: The pain pressure threshold is determined by a<br /><br>dolorimetre on the most painful part of the patellatendon. In this position the<br /><br>dolorimetre is read off a qauntity of Newton.<br /><br>VAS: Visual Analogue scale for pain: patient gives a number on a scale from<br /><br>0-10 whereas 0= no pain and 10= terrible pain. We take this score after 10<br /><br>times on a declineboard of 25 degrees, the triple hop test and the maximal jump<br /><br>test (Zwerver 2010)<br /><br>Likert score: functional score of improvement of symptoms.</p><br>