Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04650997
The Mechanical,Physiological and Therapeutic Effects of Eccentric Exercise Combined With Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Athletes With Patellar Tendinopathy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 43 (actual)
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Patellar tendinopathy is one of the most common injuries in jumping athletes. Changes in mechanical and physiological properties of tendon are the two proposed forms of pathogenesis. The efficacy of eccentric exercise when applied alone and combined with extrocoporeal shockwave therapy had been reported; however, the underlying treatment mechanisms of pain and dysfunction are not clear. This project aimed to explore the mechanical, physiological and therapeutic effects of eccentric exercise when applied as a single treatment and as an adjunct to extracorporeal shockwave therapy.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Eccentric exercise | Knee eccentric exercise with sham or focused extrocorporeal shockwave therapy for 12 weeks |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-02-16
- Primary completion
- 2014-01-01
- Completion
- 2014-01-01
- First posted
- 2020-12-03
- Last updated
- 2020-12-03
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04650997. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.