FlyWheel Training (FWT) study: eccentric overload training on a flywheel ergometer versus standard excentric training for the treatment of patellar tendinopathy in athletes.

FlyWheel Training (FWT) study: eccentric overload training on a flywheel ergometer versus standard excentric training for the treatment of patellar tendinopathy in athletes. - Eccentric overload training for patellar tendinopathy.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON39954

Enrollment

125

Registered

2013-03-12

Start date

2013-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-11

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Conditions

patellar tendinopathy

Interventions

Supervised overload eccentric training of the patellar tendon using a flywheel ergometer.

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: > 6 weeks pain of the patellar tendon > 1 hour sports participation/ week Age > 18 years Maximum of 80 points on the NL-VISA-P

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Knee surgery in history - History of meniscal or anterior cruciate ligament injury - If there is a more likely cause for knee pain by physical examination or ultrasound - Systemical diseases which are a contra-indication for pressure increasing moments (valsalva) - Injections in the patellar tendon - Age >50 years - Excentric physical therapy or shockwave therapy in the past 6 weeks - Other (recent) knee pathology - Inflammatory disease of the joints - Local infections arround the patellar tendon

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
VAS (Visual Analogue scale for pain) at three functional tests: patient gives a number on a scale from 0-10 whereas 0= no pain and 10= terrible pain. We take this score after 10 times on a declineboard of 25 degrees, the triple hop test and the maximal jump test (Zwerver 2010) Furthermore a log that keeps track of the degree of pain (VAS) after every training / match and the degree of pain the morning after exercise is filled out.	—

Measure

Time frame

VAS (Visual Analogue scale for pain) at three functional tests: patient gives a number on a scale from 0-10 whereas 0= no pain and 10= terrible pain. We take this score after 10 times on a declineboard of 25 degrees, the triple hop test and the maximal jump test (Zwerver 2010) Furthermore a log that keeps track of the degree of pain (VAS) after every training / match and the degree of pain the morning after exercise is filled out.

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Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome measure is the validated dutch version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment- Patellar (NL-VISA-P) questionnaire (Zwerver et al, 2009), which quantifies the pain and activity level. The NL-VISA-P score ranged from 0 to 100, where 0 denotes no activity and maximum pain and 100 denotes maximum activity and no pain. This is a validated questionnaire, specifically designed for evaluating outcome in Patellar tendinopathy. When there is pain in both knees the score for the most painful side is registered.	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary outcome measure is the validated dutch version of the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment- Patellar (NL-VISA-P) questionnaire (Zwerver et al, 2009), which quantifies the pain and activity level. The NL-VISA-P score ranged from 0 to 100, where 0 denotes no activity and maximum pain and 100 denotes maximum activity and no pain. This is a validated questionnaire, specifically designed for evaluating outcome in Patellar tendinopathy. When there is pain in both knees the score for the most painful side is registered.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)