NCT03968614

Electrical DN as an Adjunct to Eccentric Exercise, Stretching + MT for Achilles Tendinopathy

Electrical Dry Needling as an Adjunct to Eccentric Exercise, Stretching and Manual Therapy for Mid-portion Achilles Tendinopathy: a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Alabama Physical Therapy & Acupuncture · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research is to compare two different approaches for treating patients with achilles tendinopathy: eccentric exercise, stretching and manual therapy VS Electric dry needling, eccentric exercise, stretching and manual therapy. Physical therapists commonly use all of these techniques to treat achilles tendinopathy. This study is attempting to find out if one treatment strategy is more effective than the other.

Detailed description

Patients with achilles tendinopathy will be randomized to receive 8-10 treatments (1-2 treatments per week) over 6 weeks (10 treatments max) of either: (1)Eccentric exercise, stretching, manual therapy and electrical dry needling or 2. eccentric exercise, stretching and manual therapy

Conditions

• Achilles Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electric dry needling and conventional PT	Electrical Dry Needling, Eccentric Exercise, Stretching and Manual Therapy
OTHER	Conventional PT	Eccentric Exercise, Stretching and Manual Therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-10
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-05-01
• First posted: 2019-05-30
• Last updated: 2025-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States