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Resistance Training as Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy

NCT00952042 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2014-07-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The use of eccentric resistance training as management of Achilles tendinopathy is widespread. The investigators have recently demonstrated that heavy slow resistance training was superior in the management of patellar tendinopathy.

Hypothesis: heavy slow resistance training is more effective than eccentric resistance training in the clinical management of Achilles tendinopathy.

Conditions

  • Achilles Tendinopathy

Interventions

OTHER

Heavy slow resistance training

Heel-raises. 12-6RM. each contraction performed slowly. three times weekly for 12 weeks

OTHER

Eccentric resistance training

Eccentric heel-raises. 3 x 15 reps performed twice daily for 12 wks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Copenhagen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rikke Beyer, PhD. stud · Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen (www.ismc.dk)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Denmark

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