Achilles Tendinopathy
Conditions
Interventions
A two-arm randomised controlled trial will be conducted. Therefore, participants will be randomly allocated in two groups. Microsoft excel software will be used to generate numbers in a randomised way
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers of both genders; aged between 18 and 45 years old; with clinical diagnosis of achilles tendinopathy (insertional or mid-portion); enrolled in sports activities and tasks that load the achilles tendon (e.g. jump, running); having presence of achilles tendon pain for at least three months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subject with history of lowerlimb surgery; history of lowerlimb injury in the past six months; have done corticosteroids infiltration in the past six months; have used Fluoroquinolones in the past 12 months; clinical diagnosis of diabetes, obesity, familial hypercholesterolemia or any other systemic disease that impairs the performance of physical exercise.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main outcome is the improvement in the physical function assessed by the VISA-A. For this outcome, both groups are expected to show improvement in relation to the initial assessment after treatment. However, no difference between groups after treatment is expected. The analysis of mixed linear models will be used to evaluate the measure of effect of interventions and interaction between time and group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity assessed by numerical rating pain scale. Both groups are expected to improve pain symptoms from baseline without significative difference between groups after treatment. The analysis of mixed linear models will be used to evaluate the measure of effect of interventions and interaction between time and group.;Individual perceived recovery assessed by the Global Perceived Effect Scale. Both groups are expected to improve it's perceived recovery from baseline without significative difference between groups after treatment. The analysis of mixed linear models will be used to evaluate the measure of effect of interventions and interaction between time and group.;Isometric Strength of ankle plantar flexors, knee extensors as well as hip abductors and extensors assessed by handheld dynamometer. We expect, after treatment, an improvement of isometric strength of ankle, knee and hip abudctors muscles in both groups in relation to the baseline assessment. However, we speculate that there will be a difference between groups in these outcomes. In this case, we expect that ankle isometric strength will be greater in the group that performed only ankle strengthening while knee and hip isometric strength will be greater in the group that performed multijoint exercises. The analysis of mixed linear models will be used to evaluate the measure of effect of interventions and interaction between time and group.;Endurance strength of ankle plantar flexors muscles assessed by heel raise test. We expect that both groups improve endurance strength of ankle plantar flexors after treatment in comparison with the baseline assessment. However, we speculate that a between groups difference will occur in favor of the group that performed ankle plantar flexors isolated strengthening. The analysis of mixed linear models will be used to evaluate the measure of effect of interventions and interaction between time and group.;Jump performance assessed by the drop vertical jump test and | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJuliana Ocarino
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Outcome results
None listed