Resistance Training as Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy

Achilles Tendinopathy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Heavy Slow Resistance Versus Eccentric Training in the Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00952042
• Other study ID #: Kongsgaard2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 3, 2009
• Last updated: July 18, 2014
• Start date: July 2009
• Est. completion date: October 2012

Study information

• Verified date: July 2014
• Source: University of Copenhagen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: October 2012
• Est. primary completion date: October 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Unilateral Achilles tendon pain,

• Symptoms for at least three months,

• Ultrasonographical tendon abnormalities, AND

• Able to comply with both intervention arms.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bilateral symptoms,

• Previous surgery below knee,

• Corticosteroid injections below the knee during past year,

• Hypercholesterol,

• Diabetes, OR

• Arthritis.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Achilles Tendinopathy
• Tendinopathy

Intervention

Other:
• Heavy slow resistance training
Heel-raises. 12-6RM. each contraction performed slowly. three times weekly for 12 weeks
• Eccentric resistance training
Eccentric heel-raises. 3 x 15 reps performed twice daily for 12 wks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen. Bispebjerg Hospital	Copenhagen NV

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	VISA-A score		0,12 wks + 1yr follow-up	No
Secondary	Tendon thickness		0,12 wks + 1yr follow-up	No

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