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Effectiveness of Isometric vs. Eccentric Exercise in Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy

NCT02732782 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2021-02-10

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Summary

This is a prospective single blinded randomised controlled trial with a 12-week intervention period and a half-year follow-up period. The main purpose is to determine the effects of isometric exercise on mechanical, morphological and functional tendon properties versus eccentric exercise in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

Conditions

  • Tendinopathy

Interventions

OTHER

Isometric exercise

OTHER

Eccentric exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    collaborator OTHER

  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kirsten Legerlotz, PhD, Prof · Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Department of Movement Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2019-02-28
Completion
2020-10-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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