NCT03025412

A Comparison of Endoscopic Surgery and Exercise Therapy in Patients With Longstanding Achilles Tendinopathy

A Comparison of Endoscopic Surgery and Conservative Treatment in Patients With Longstanding Mid-portion Achilles Tendinopathy

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Exercise is a preferred treatment modality for mid-portion achilles tendinopathy. Despite this, as many as 44 % of achilles tendinopathy patients do not respond to exercise treatment. Surgery for midportion achilles tendinopathy has for many years been done as an open procedure. New knowledge resulted in a variety of minimally invasive procedures and the development of endoscopic surgery. In this study, the effect of non-open surgery and conservative treatment (physiotherapy and exercises) will be compared.

Conditions

• Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	endoscopic surgery	Ambulatory surgery. Same surgeon for all patients. General anesthesia. Full debridement of the paratenon and crural fascia. Also the plantaris longus tendon is debrided, but no additional tenotomy executed. Postoperative rehabilitation. Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 7 days postoperatively. Active ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion from day 1 postoperative. Partly weight bearing (30 kg) from day 1 postoperative. Full weight bearing allowed from week 3 postoperative. Gradually increased load, both in activity of daily living, stationary bike and stretching, with individually and pragmatic progression due to pain response. From week 6 postoperative the patients start the same exercise regimen as the conservative treatment group.
BEHAVIORAL	physiotherapy and exercise	Exercise schedule: Weeks 1-6, Eccentric unilateral loading while standing on the step of a staircase performed in two exercises; with straight knee and with bent knee. Weeks 7-9, Eccentric - Concentric loading while standing on the step of a staircase performed with straight knee and bent knee. Dose: 15 repetitions x 3 performed with straight knee, and 15 repetitions x 3 performed with bent knee. 3 - 4 times a week. Weeks 10-12, Eccentric - Concentric loading while standing on the step of a staircase performed with straight knee and bent knee. Dose: 15 repetitions maximum (15RM) x 3 performed with straight knee, and 15 RM x 3 performed with bent knee. 3 - 4 times a week. One leg performance or hand hold weight for extra load is used to obtain the exact number of RM.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-19
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2017-01-19
• Last updated: 2024-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway