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Achilles Tendon Rupture - Intervention With Electrical Stimulation

NCT06601088 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

Acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) is an injury that is commonly associated with complications, such as blood clotting, muscle loss and tendon lengthening, all of which affect the long-term outcome and return to sports. These complication are related to the treatment of ATR with lower leg immobilization in a boot.

The investigators aim to demonstrate that an intervention with calf neuromuscular electrical stimulation (C-NMES) during leg immobilization after ATR can 1) reduce blood clots, 2) lower the degree of muscle loss, 3) decrease tendon lengthening and 4) improve long-term outcome.

Conditions

  • Achilles Tendon Ruptures
  • Immobilization
  • Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
  • Muscle Atrophy

Interventions

DEVICE

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Patients will be instructed to apply the wearable NMES-therapy continuously, both day and night at least 10h/daily.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danderyd Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Ackermann, Prof,MD,PhD · Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-15
Primary Completion
2026-02-15
Completion
2026-12-30

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