NCT03089008

Eccentric Exercise in Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The purpose of the present study is to examine the long-term effect of eccentric exercises compared with stretching exercises on patients with achillodynia.

Detailed description

Patients with achillodynia for at least 3 months are randomly allocated to one of two exercise regimens. Exercise is performed daily for a 3-month period. Symptom severity is evaluated by tendon tenderness, ultrasonography, a questionnaire on pain and other symptoms, and a global assessment of improvement. Follow-up is performed at time points 3, 6, 9, 12 weeks and 1 year.

Conditions

• Achillodynia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Eccentric exercises
OTHER	Stretching exercises

Timeline

• Start date: 1999-01-01
• Primary completion: 2000-07-01
• Completion: 2007-12-01
• First posted: 2017-03-24
• Last updated: 2017-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark