Effectiveness of EE With Vibration Versus Cryotherapy in Rectus Abdomini Muscle Thickness and Inter-recti Distance

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Achilles Tendinopathy; Diastasis Recti
• Interventions: Procedure: Cryotherapy and eccentric exercise; Procedure: Vibration and eccentric exercise

• Registration Number: NCT03515148
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Europea de Madrid

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determinate de efectiveness of eccentric exercise combined with vibration or cryotherapy in achilles tendinopathy and its effects on the anterior rectus abdominis muscle.

The investigators hypothesis is the combined eccentric exercise with vibration get better results than cryotherapy with eccentric exercise in rectus abdominis muscle parameters.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-30
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-15
• Study Completion: 2018-01-15
• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-21
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-02
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

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

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
• Obesity
• 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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cryotherapy and eccentric exercise	Cryotherapy and eccentric exercise	12 weeks, 5 days/week, once a day, 2 exercise, 3 sets/execise, 15 repetition/set of eccentric exercise of foot plantar flexors First exercise with knee in extension, second exercise with knee in flexion. Previously subjects should cold their leg in ice water during sexteen minutes at a temperature of 8ºC (+/-2ºC)
Vibration and eccentric exercise	Vibration and eccentric exercise	12 weeks, 5 days/week, once a day, 2 exercise, 3 sets/execise, 15 repetition/set of eccentric exercise of foot plantar flexors First exercise with knee in extension, second exercise with knee in flexion.During the exercise subjects will be subjected to vibration. Vibrations parameters: Frequency: 35Hz, Amplitude: 4 milimeters, Force: 3,9G

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Inter-recti distance	3 months	Ultrasound diagnosis
Rectus abdominis thickness	3 months	Ultrasound diagnosis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Europea; 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain