Efficacy of Manual Therapy Combined With an Exercise Programme VS Combined Electrotherapy on Football Players With Adductor Tendinopathy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tenopathy; Lower Limb
• Interventions: Other: Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: NCT04935398
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Católica de Ávila

Brief Summary

Background: Groin pain associated with adductor tendinopathy is the second cause of muscle pathology in a football player (20%), so a good treatment taking into account both internal and external factors that may influence the pathology of our patient, would be the key to an improvement in the symptoms he may have. Material and methods: Firstly, the pain threshold is measured by performing the Copenhagen compression test, and in a palpation at the proximal level of the adductors, the hip joint range (ROM) is measured and the HAGOS questionnaire is passed. Then, a sample of 20 participants (N = 20) is selected and randomly divided into two groups, a control group of 10 participants (n = 10), with a treatment based on electrotherapy combined with an exercise programme; and an experimental group of 10 participants (n = 10) with a treatment based on manual therapy combined with an exercise programme. Finally, they performed all measurements.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-05-01
• Study Completion: 2021-05-27
• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-28
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-21
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-23
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Age range between 15 and 30 years old.
• Third division and third year national youth football players.
• Males.
• Average of 3 training sessions and 1 match per week.
• Pain when performing the Copenhagen test or Squeeze test for 5 seconds (s).
• Pain on palpation of the proximal insertion of the adductors.

Exclusion Criteria

• Players over 30 years of age and under 15 years of age.
• Players with previous adductor surgery.
• Players with inguinal hernia.
• Players with signs or symptoms of urinary or genital pathology.
• Players unable to attend study treatment sessions.
• Players on medication during treatment.
• Players who are undergoing other treatment for groin pathology or have had previous treatment of less than one month.

previous treatment of less than one month.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Manual therapy	Physiotherapy	Football players with adductor tendinopathy undergoing treatment consisting of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise.
Electrotherapy	Physiotherapy	Footballers with adductor tendinopathy undergoing electrotherapy treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale	30 days	Visual analogue scale that measures the subjective pain of each individual. It is distributed from zero to ten, where zero is the minimum pain reported by the individual and ten is the maximum pain endured.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Range of motion, articular	30 days	Observe range of motion, articular
Rate of functionality	30 days	Measuring functionality after treatment in adductor tendinopathy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Católica de Ávila; 🇪🇸 Ávila, Spain