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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON32302
NL-OMON32302
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Determination of reference values of Ultrasonographic Tissue Characterization (UTC) measurements in healthy Achilles tendons and evaluation of UTC abnormalities in patients with Achilles tendinopathy - Ultrasonographic Tissue Characterization measurements in Achilles tendons

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Enrollment
140
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational non invasive

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Asymptomatic Achilles tendons:
  • 1\. Age 18\-62 year;Symptomatic Achilles tendinopathy:
  • 1\. Age 18\-62 year
  • 2\. Achilles tendon pain for at least 2 months
  • 3\. Pain on palpation 2\-7 cm proximal to Achilles tendon insertion

Exclusion Criteria

  • asymptomatic Achilles tendons:
  • 1\. History of Achilles tendon pain
  • 2\. History of tendinopathy at another location
  • 3\. Appointment in outpatients clinic because of a problem with the lower extremity
  • 4\. Familiair hypercholesterolaemia;symptomatic Achilles tendinopathy:
  • 1\. Clinical suspicion of an insertional disorder
  • 2\. Clinical suspicion of an Achilles tendon rupture
  • 3\. Clinical suspicion of tenosynovitis of the plantar flexors
  • 4\. Clinical suspicion sural nerve pathology
  • 5\. Clinical suspicion of Peroneal subluxation

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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