Deep Friction Massage Effects on Pain and Function in Patellar Tendinopathy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 10
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Numeric Pain Rating Scale
研究概览
简要总结
Despite DFM being a widely-used technique and the empirical grounding regarding the importance of the pressure applied, there is no study characterizing the pressure applied during DFM, remaining it a discretion of the physiotherapist. Additionally, it is not known how the amount of pressure applied may influence pain mechanisms or function in the symptomatic patellar tendon. Having this, our objective is to characterize the pressure applied during deep friction massage and evaluate the immediate effects of different pressures applied during deep friction massage in the time until analgesia as well as in function, in patellar tendinopathy.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •The participants should have a symptomatic patellar tendon
排除标准
- •History of other previous injuries of the lower limbs;
- •Intake of medication that could interfere with pain mechanisms;
- •Presence of any factors or conditions that could interfere with the awareness and sensibility to pain.
结局指标
主要结局
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
时间窗: 20 minutes
Self-reported pain intensity.
Time until analgesia
时间窗: 10 minutes
Time until self reported sensation of analgesia, controlled by a chronometer, since the application of deep friction massage.
Maximal isometric strength of quadriceps
时间窗: 20 minutes
Measure of maximal isometric strength, through a dynamometer.
Knee flexion range of movement
时间窗: 20 minutes
Measure of knee flexion range of movement, through a goniometer
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Maria Paço
PhD, Clinical research
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, Politécnico e Universitário