NCT02307708

Reeducation of Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy by Wearing Shoes Inclined Versus Reeducation by Kinesitherapy

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the treatment by wearing shoes inclined at kinesitherapy because it is the first treatment offered by primary care physicians in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

Conditions

• Tendinopathy
• Rupture of Achilles Tendon
• Chronic Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	8° incline shoe	Wearing inclined shoes for 6 weeks, walking 15 minutes (2 times/day). The shoe is inclined from front to back and from top to bottom of 8 °. This causes a controlled and an eccentric contraction during the passage. During the walk we will have: In support tardigrade : an ankle dorsiflexion with a stretching the Achilles tendon (eccentric contractions). In support digitigrade: plantar flexion of ankle with a muscle contraction of triceps surae (concentric contraction).
OTHER	kinesitherapy	Daily eccentric contraction at home and once per week for 6 weeks with the physiotherapist

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2014-12-04
• Last updated: 2017-12-27

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: France