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NCT03029910CompletedNot Applicable

Eccentric Training and Cryotherapy Vs Eccentric Training and Whole Body Vibration in Achilles Tendinopathy

Universidad Europea de Madrid2 sites in 1 country132 target enrollmentStarted: January 30, 2017Last updated:
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Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
132
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
Change at Achilles Tendon Cross Sectional Area
Study OverviewStudy DesignEligibility CriteriaArms & InterventionsOutcomesInvestigatorsSitesRecords & IdentifiersSimilar Trials

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of eccentric exercise combined with vibration or cryotherapy in Achilles tendon pathology.

The investigators hypothesis is that the combined eccentric exercise is better than the results presented by the exclusive eccentric exercise.

This intervention differs from the classic studies in that we maintain the intensity throughout the treatment.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Single (Investigator)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Sports people
  • •Positive initial ultrasound diagnosis
  • •Presence of degenerative changes at achilles mid portion
  • •Chronic Achilles tendon pain, (3/10 VAS)
  • •Pain when walking or running of Achilles tendon, (3/10 VAS)
  • •Pain in load in plantar flexion of Achilles tendon, 3/10 VAS)
  • •Pain in palpation of Achilles, (3/10 VAS)
  • •Morning Stiffness
  • •Inclusion Criteria Healthy pople:
  • •Sports people
  • •Negative initial ultrasound diagnosis
  • •No syntomp of achilles tendinophaty

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Receive physical, orthotic or physiotherapeutic treatment
  • •Asociated low back pain, ankle/knee/hip injury that may affect the study
  • •Previous injury or surgery of Achilles tendon.
  • •Pathologies that may limit the joint of ankle
  • •Pregnancy
  • •Patients with diabetes and/or other endocrine or metabolic pathologies or neurologic pathologies
  • •Patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease
  • •Subjets diagnosed with familiar hypercholesterolemia and/or presence of xanthomas or with hyperuricemia
  • •Patients who have received renal transplantation
  • •Subjects who have suffered retinal detachment
  • •Subjects who have received oral contraceptives, statins, corticoids or hormone replacement therapy in the last six months
  • •Subjects who have received treatment wiht fluoroquinolones in the last two years
  • •Subjects who have received treatment with AINE's in the last four weeks

Arms & Interventions

Cryotherapy and eccentric exercise

Experimental

Intervention: Cryotherapy and eccentric exercise (Other)

Vibration and eccentric exercise

Experimental

Intervention: Vibration and eccentric exercise (Other)

Control

No Intervention

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change at Achilles Tendon Cross Sectional Area

Time Frame: 3 months

Ultrasound diagnosis.

Change at Achilles Tendon Thickness

Time Frame: 3 months

Ultrasound diagnosis.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Differences between healthy volunteers and volunteers with Achilles tendinopathy(2 weeks)

Investigators

Sponsor
Universidad Europea de Madrid
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Pedro Javier Martin

Principal Investigator

Universidad Europea de Madrid

Study Sites (2)

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