NCT03743441

Physiotherapy Treatment for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy

A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Physiotherapy Treatment for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bergen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Laser treatment with the proper dosage has been found effective in the treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy, and animal research indicate that a combination of cryotherapy followed by LLLT could yield an even better result. Thus, the main purpose of this project is to test if the addition of low level laser therapy can enhance the treatment result of exercise and cryotherapy in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy, yielding less pain and higher function.

Conditions

• Achilles Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Low-level Laser Therapy	LLLT, 904 nm wavelength, 3 Joules per treatment point in accordance with World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT) guidelines.
OTHER	Sham Low-level Laser Therapy	Same procedure as in the LLLT group with the exception of laser irradiation (0 mW mean output power).
OTHER	Exercise therapy	Concentric and eccentric exercises with a total duration of approximately 20 minutes.
OTHER	Cryotherapy	Twenty minutes of cryotherapy applied to the Achilles tendon.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-01
• Primary completion: 2019-05-31
• Completion: 2019-05-31
• First posted: 2018-11-16
• Last updated: 2020-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway