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Physiotherapy Treatment for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy

NCT03743441 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2020-10-27

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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

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Fund for Postgraduate Training in Physiotherapy

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Bergen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ingvill F Naterstad, MSc · University of Bergen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-05-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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