Photobiomodulation associated with short-term Eccentric Exercise Protocol on pain intensity and function in patients with Lower Limb Tendinopathy
- Conditions
- tendinopathyC05.651.869
- Registration Number
- RBR-9vjfmz
- Lead Sponsor
- Departamento de Ciências do Movimento Humano da universidade federal de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Participants aged between eighteen and fifty years with medical diagnosis of patellar tendon or tendon tendon disease for at least 3 months and have a VISA score (P and A) of less than 80 points without treatment for at least 3 months and signed the term of free and informed consent.
Individuals with neurological disorders that affect cognitive behavior and pain perception; conditions in the knee or ankle region (such as rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis or fractures) that make it impossible to perform the assessments or protocol proposed;
pregnancy; previous surgical procedure in the tendon; use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during the last 2 weeks; injection of corticosteroids; diabetes mellitus and uncontrolled hypertension.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improve pain and function analyzed by VISA-P Questionnaire with an increase of 13 point at least at the end of the study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain improvement measured through NRS-11 with a 2-point decrease in pain intensity in the activity that causes the most pain at the end of the study<br>