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

Efficacy of Manual Therapy Combined With an Exercise Programme Versus Combined Electrotherapy on Football Players With Adductor Tendinopathy: Randomised Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04935398
Enrollment
20
Registered
2021-06-23
Start date
2021-03-01
Completion date
2021-05-27
Last updated
2021-06-23

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Conditions

Tenopathy; Lower Limb

Keywords

manual therapy,, electrotherapy,, groin pain and adductors.

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.

Interventions

OTHERPhysiotherapy

The aim is to test two treatment techniques against each other to see how effective they are.

Sponsors

Universidad Católica de Ávila
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)

Masking description

Simple blind

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
15 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Satisfaction assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale30 daysVisual 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

MeasureTime frameDescription
Range of motion, articular30 daysObserve range of motion, articular
Rate of functionality30 daysMeasuring functionality after treatment in adductor tendinopathy

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026