Tendinopathy
Conditions
Keywords
Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis, Dry needling, Eccentric exercise, Patella
Brief summary
The accomplishment of a treatment with Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis of additional form to the accomplishment of eccentric exercise's program in patients with chronic patellar tendinopathy is more effective than the accomplishment of an additional treatment with dry needling or eccentric exercise's program realized of isolated form.
Detailed description
Experimental study randomized with double blind, whose purpose is to compare three protocols in those who apply different protocols of physical therapy to themselves in three groups of intervention with patients with chronic patellar tendinopathy. There take part in this study young women of both sexes, of Zaragoza and of different sports clubs of entity 18 and 40 years, that they realize of habitual form (minimum 3 times a week) a sport. All of them present chronic patellar tendinopathy.
Interventions
Every group will receive a total of 4 treatment distributed throughout 8 weeks of treatment. The program of eccentric exercises that will have to realize it in his domicile every day.
Every group will receive a total of 4 treatment distributed throughout 8 weeks of treatment. The program of eccentric exercises that will have to realize it in his domicile every day.
OTHERControl Group
Every group will receive a total of 4 treatment distributed throughout 8 weeks of treatment. The program of eccentric exercises that will have to realize it in his domicile every day.
Sponsors
Universidad San Jorge
Universidad de Zaragoza
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age understood between 18 and 40 years. * To practise any sport of habitual form. * Patients diagnosed of chronic patellar tendinopathy with a minimum of 3 months of evolution and with stable symptomatology. * Pain to the palpation of the tendon in the low pole of the knee and during the training or competition. * Punctuation of the questionnaire VISA-P under 80.
Exclusion criteria
* Patient had an operation on the knee affected in the last 6 months. * Infiltrations in the knee affected in the last 3 months. * Patient who has received pharmacological treatment or physical therapy in the last 48 hours. * Pathology with less than 3 months of evolution. * To present bilateral chronic tendinopathy. * Punctuation of the questionnaire major or equal Visa - p of 80. * Inability to apply someone of the techniques of treatment or valuation for absolute or relative contraindication.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in functionality at 8 weeks as measured by Visa-p | 8 weeks | This scale consists of eight questions, the first six questions of which employ an analogical visual scale in order to assign a score of 0 to 10, where 10 represents the optimum state, for the purpose of quantifying pain and function in different activities, whereas the last two questions assess the level of functionality and ability to perform physical activity. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life by SF-36 | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Health Survey |
| Thickness of the tendon, as measured by ultrasound scan | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Tendon structure |
| Height of the jump | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Jump test with a force platform |
| Pain, as measured by Visual Analog Scale | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Participants will be explained that a score of 0 indicates the absence of pain whereas a score of 10 represents the maximum tolerable pain |
| Speed of the jump | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Jump test with a force platform |
| Hypervascularity, as measured by ultrasound scan | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Tendon structure |
| Functionality, as measured by Visa-p | 0 and 20 weeks | This scale consists of eight questions, the first six questions of which employ an analogical visual scale in order to assign a score of 0 to 10, where 10 represents the optimum state, for the purpose of quantifying pain and function in different activities, whereas the last two questions assess the level of functionality and ability to perform physical activity. |
| Concentric force of the low members | 0, 8 and 20 weeks | Jump test with a force platform |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed