NCT03096067

Patellar Tendinopathy - The Effect of Load Magnitude in Exercise-based Treatment

Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy; Influence of Load Magnitude on Clinical Outcome, Tendon Structure and Function

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 20 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this project is to investigate if the magnitude of a loading based 12 weeks rehabilitation regime for patellar tendinopathy influence the clinical outcome, tendon structure and function. The investigators hypothesize that a greater magnitude (90% of 1RM) of loading will yield a more positive clinical outcome, tendon structure and function in patients with patellar tendinopathy compared to a lower magnitude of loading (55% of 1 RM) when total exercise volume is equal in both groups.

Detailed description

Randomized controlled intervention study with one year follow-up

Conditions

• Patellar Tendinopathy
• Jumper's Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Heavy slow resistance training	Resistance training for knee extensors. The exercise will be performed at 90% of 1 RM and slowly (6 s/repetition).
OTHER	Moderate slow resistance training	Resistance training for knee extensors. The exercise will be performed at 55% of 1 RM and slowly (6 s/repetition).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-29
• Primary completion: 2019-06-25
• Completion: 2021-10-01
• First posted: 2017-03-30
• Last updated: 2022-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark